#AEBCD8#AEBCD8

#AEBCD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.043 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBCD8
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(220, 19%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 1.06, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 15.68, 273.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0042 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.043 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8303, 49.9219, 72.0683)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBCD8 #D8CAAE

analogous

#AED1D8 #AEBCD8 #B5AED8

triadic

#AEBCD8 #D8AEBC #BCD8AE

tetradic

#AEBCD8 #D8AED1 #D8CAAE #AED8B5

square

#AEBCD8 #D8AED1 #D8CAAE #AED8B5

split-complementary

#AEBCD8 #D8B5AE #D1D8AE

monochromatic

#5B78B0 #859AC4 #AEBCD8 #D7DEEC #EAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#AEBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBCD8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBCD8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.043 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d0e4',
    500: '#aebcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebcd8;
$custom-light: #c6d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79357,
    "c": 0.04272,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBCD8

secondary

#ECE8DF

accent

#8638AE

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBCD8

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

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