#AEBCDE#AEBCDE

#AEBCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.051 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBCDE
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(223, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(223, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 2.40, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 18.75, 277.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0021 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.051 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6202, 50.2379, 76.2283)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBCDE #DED0AE

analogous

#AED4DE #AEBCDE #B8AEDE

triadic

#AEBCDE #DEAEBC #BCDEAE

tetradic

#AEBCDE #DEAED4 #DED0AE #AEDEB8

square

#AEBCDE #DEAED4 #DED0AE #AEDEB8

split-complementary

#AEBCDE #DEB8AE #D4DEAE

monochromatic

#5774BB #8398CC #AEBCDE #D9E0F0 #E9EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#AEBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBCDE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBCDE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.051 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d0e8',
    500: '#aebcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebcde;
$custom-light: #c6d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79573,
    "c": 0.05077,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBCDE

secondary

#B6A57A

accent

#8E30B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBCDE

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

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