#AEBDC4#AEBDC4

#AEBDC4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.019 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBDC4
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -3.74, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 6.47, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0131 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.019 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6147, 49.3787, 59.3417)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBDC4 #C4B5AE

analogous

#AEC4C0 #AEBDC4 #AEB2C4

triadic

#AEBDC4 #C4AEBD #BDC4AE

tetradic

#AEBDC4 #C0AEC4 #C4B5AE #B2C4AE

square

#AEBDC4 #C0AEC4 #C4B5AE #B2C4AE

split-complementary

#AEBDC4 #C4AEB2 #C4C0AE

monochromatic

#68838F #8BA0AA #AEBDC4 #D1DADE #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#AEBDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#AEBDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBDC4

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBDC4	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.019 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d0d5',
    500: '#aebdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebdc4;
$custom-light: #c6d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78895,
    "c": 0.01934,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBDC4

secondary

#E8E4E3

accent

#654C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131414

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBDC4

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

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