#AEBEC4#AEBEC4

#AEBEC4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.020 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBEC4
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -4.27, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 6.49, 228.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0145 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.02 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8305, 49.8103, 59.4136)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBEC4 #C4B4AE

analogous

#AEC4BF #AEBEC4 #AEB3C4

triadic

#AEBEC4 #C4AEBE #BEC4AE

tetradic

#AEBEC4 #BFAEC4 #C4B4AE #B3C4AE

square

#AEBEC4 #BFAEC4 #C4B4AE #B3C4AE

split-complementary

#AEBEC4 #C4AEB3 #C4BFAE

monochromatic

#68858F #8BA2AA #AEBEC4 #D1DADE #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#AEBEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#AEBEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBEC4

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBEC4	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.020 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d1d5',
    500: '#aebec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebec4;
$custom-light: #c6d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79105,
    "c": 0.0196,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBEC4

secondary

#E8E4E3

accent

#614C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131414

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBEC4

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

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