#AEBDC8#AEBDC8

#AEBDC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.023 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBDC8
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -2.91, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 7.85, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0116 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.023 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0760, 49.5632, 61.7715)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBDC8 #C8B9AE

analogous

#AEC8C6 #AEBDC8 #AEB0C8

triadic

#AEBDC8 #C8AEBD #BDC8AE

tetradic

#AEBDC8 #C6AEC8 #C8B9AE #B0C8AE

square

#AEBDC8 #C6AEC8 #C8B9AE #B0C8AE

split-complementary

#AEBDC8 #C8AEB0 #C8C6AE

monochromatic

#668196 #8A9FAF #AEBDC8 #D2DBE1 #EDF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#AEBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#AEBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBDC8

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBDC8	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.023 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d0d8',
    500: '#aebdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebdc8;
$custom-light: #c6d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79023,
    "c": 0.02279,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBDC8

secondary

#E9E5E2

accent

#6C489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131414

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBDC8

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

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