#AAC4E8#AAC4E8
#AAC4E8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.058 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAC4E8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 196, 232) |
| HSL | hsl(215, 57%, 79%) |
| HSV | hsv(215, 27%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.37, -0.81, -20.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.37, 20.76, 267.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.31% -0.0136 -0.0568) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.31% 0.058 256.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.8789, 53.8504, 84.0417) |
| Luminance | 0.5385 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Lightsteelblue
#B0C4DE
ΔE00 2.93
Powder Blue (survey)
#B1D1FC
ΔE00 3.63
Light Blue Grey
#B7C9E2
ΔE00 3.70
Cloudy Blue
#ACC2D9
ΔE00 4.02
Pastel Blue
#A2BFFE
ΔE00 4.42
Baby Blue (survey)
#A2CFFE
ΔE00 5.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAC4E8 #E8CEAA
analogous
#AAE3E8 #AAC4E8 #AFAAE8
triadic
#AAC4E8 #E8AAC4 #C4E8AA
tetradic
#AAC4E8 #E8AAE3 #E8CEAA #AAE8AF
square
#AAC4E8 #E8AAE3 #E8CEAA #AAE8AF
split-complementary
#AAC4E8 #E8AFAA #E3E8AA
monochromatic
#4A81CE #7AA3DB #AAC4E8 #DAE5F5 #E7EEF8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#AAC4E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.77
#AAC4E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAC4E8
11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAC4E8 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAC4E8 | 1.00 | 1.78 | 11.77 | 11.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.78 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C5EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1BFE7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#99CCD0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aac4e8; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 196, 232); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.058 256.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4d5ef',
500: '#aac4e8',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aac4e8; $custom-light: #c4d5ef; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aac4e8",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 196,
"b": 232
},
"hsl": {
"h": 214.839,
"s": 57.407,
"l": 78.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81307,
"c": 0.0584,
"h": 256.6
},
"luminance": 0.53852
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAC4E8
secondary
#C3A273
accent
#8021C5
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F9FBFE
border
#D2D4D6
text
#131416
muted
#828385