#AEBEC5#AEBEC5

#AEBEC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.020 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBEC5
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -4.06, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 6.75, 233.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0141 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.02 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9447, 49.8560, 60.0151)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBEC5 #C5B5AE

analogous

#AEC5C0 #AEBEC5 #AEB2C5

triadic

#AEBEC5 #C5AEBE #BEC5AE

tetradic

#AEBEC5 #C0AEC5 #C5B5AE #B2C5AE

square

#AEBEC5 #C0AEC5 #C5B5AE #B2C5AE

split-complementary

#AEBEC5 #C5AEB2 #C5C0AE

monochromatic

#688491 #8AA1AB #AEBEC5 #D2DBDF #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEBEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#AEBEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBEC5

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBEC5	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.020 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d1d6',
    500: '#aebec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebec5;
$custom-light: #c6d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79137,
    "c": 0.02026,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBEC5

secondary

#E8E4E3

accent

#634B9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131414

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBEC5

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

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