#AEBACE#AEBACE

#AEBACE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.031 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBACE
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(218, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -0.04, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 11.47, 269.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0051 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.031 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1524, 48.5719, 65.3243)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBACE #CEC2AE

analogous

#AECACE #AEBACE #B2AECE

triadic

#AEBACE #CEAEBA #BACEAE

tetradic

#AEBACE #CEAECA #CEC2AE #AECEB2

square

#AEBACE #CEAECA #CEC2AE #AECEB2

split-complementary

#AEBACE #CEB2AE #CACEAE

monochromatic

#6279A0 #889AB7 #AEBACE #D4DAE5 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#AEBACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#AEBACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBACE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBACE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.031 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cedd',
    500: '#aebace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebace;
$custom-light: #c6cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78597,
    "c": 0.03142,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBACE

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#7F42A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBACE

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

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