#AEBDC5#AEBDC5

#AEBDC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.020 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBDC5
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -3.53, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 6.78, 238.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0127 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.02 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7289, 49.4243, 59.9431)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBDC5 #C5B6AE

analogous

#AEC5C2 #AEBDC5 #AEB1C5

triadic

#AEBDC5 #C5AEBD #BDC5AE

tetradic

#AEBDC5 #C2AEC5 #C5B6AE #B1C5AE

square

#AEBDC5 #C2AEC5 #C5B6AE #B1C5AE

split-complementary

#AEBDC5 #C5AEB1 #C5C2AE

monochromatic

#688391 #8AA0AB #AEBDC5 #D2DADF #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#AEBDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#AEBDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBDC5

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBDC5	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.020 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d0d6',
    500: '#aebdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebdc5;
$custom-light: #c6d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78927,
    "c": 0.02011,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBDC5

secondary

#E8E5E3

accent

#674B9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131414

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBDC5

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

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