#AEBAED#AEBAED

#AEBAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.074 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBAED
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(229, 64%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(229, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 6.97, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 27.61, 284.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.0055 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.074 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2964, 50.2295, 87.1496)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBAED #EDE1AE

analogous

#AED9ED #AEBAED #C1AEED

triadic

#AEBAED #EDAEBA #BAEDAE

tetradic

#AEBAED #EDAED9 #EDE1AE #AEEDC1

square

#AEBAED #EDAED9 #EDE1AE #AEEDC1

split-complementary

#AEBAED #EDC1AE #D9EDAE

monochromatic

#4A65D7 #7C8FE2 #AEBAED #E0E5F8 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEBAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#AEBAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBAED

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBAED	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EC3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.074 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cef3',
    500: '#aebaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebaed;
$custom-light: #c7cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.07368,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBAED

secondary

#CABA75

accent

#AA1ACB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FAFE

border

#D2D3D6

text

#131317

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBAED

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

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