#AEB9CD#AEB9CD

#AEB9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.031 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9CD
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(219, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 0.29, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 11.37, 271.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.004 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.031 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8214, 48.1036, 64.6166)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9CD #CDC2AE

analogous

#AEC9CD #AEB9CD #B3AECD

triadic

#AEB9CD #CDAEB9 #B9CDAE

tetradic

#AEB9CD #CDAEC9 #CDC2AE #AECDB3

square

#AEB9CD #CDAEC9 #CDC2AE #AECDB3

split-complementary

#AEB9CD #CDB3AE #C9CDAE

monochromatic

#62789E #8898B6 #AEB9CD #D4DAE4 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#AEB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9CD

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9CD	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.031 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cedc',
    500: '#aeb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9cd;
$custom-light: #c6cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.71,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78356,
    "c": 0.03098,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9CD

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#8143A2

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9CD

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

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