#AEBCE3#AEBCE3

#AEBCE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.058 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBCE3
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(224, 49%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(224, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 3.54, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 21.35, 279.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0004 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.058 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3003, 50.5099, 79.8101)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBCE3 #E3D5AE

analogous

#AED6E3 #AEBCE3 #BAAEE3

triadic

#AEBCE3 #E3AEBC #BCE3AE

tetradic

#AEBCE3 #E3AED6 #E3D5AE #AEE3BA

square

#AEBCE3 #E3AED6 #E3D5AE #AEE3BA

split-complementary

#AEBCE3 #E3BAAE #D6E3AE

monochromatic

#5371C4 #8196D3 #AEBCE3 #DBE2F3 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEBCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#AEBCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBCE3

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBCE3	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.058 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d0eb',
    500: '#aebce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebce3;
$custom-light: #c7d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.151,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79758,
    "c": 0.05756,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBCE3

secondary

#BDAB78

accent

#952ABC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBCE3

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

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