#AEB9CC#AEB9CC

#AEB9CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.030 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9CC
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(218, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 0.07, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 10.86, 270.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0044 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.03 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7011, 48.0555, 63.9829)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9CC #CCC1AE

analogous

#AEC8CC #AEB9CC #B2AECC

triadic

#AEB9CC #CCAEB9 #B9CCAE

tetradic

#AEB9CC #CCAEC8 #CCC1AE #AECCB2

square

#AEB9CC #CCAEC8 #CCC1AE #AECCB2

split-complementary

#AEB9CC #CCB2AE #C8CCAE

monochromatic

#63789D #8899B4 #AEB9CC #D4D9E4 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#AEB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9CC

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9CC	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.030 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cedb',
    500: '#aeb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9cc;
$custom-light: #c6cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78323,
    "c": 0.02968,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9CC

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#7F44A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9CC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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