#AEBCEC#AEBCEC

#AEBCEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.070 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBCEC
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(226, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 5.64, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 26.05, 282.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% 0.0025 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.07 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5750, 51.0198, 86.5238)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBCEC #ECDEAE

analogous

#AEDBEC #AEBCEC #BFAEEC

triadic

#AEBCEC #ECAEBC #BCECAE

tetradic

#AEBCEC #ECAEDB #ECDEAE #AEECBF

square

#AEBCEC #ECAEDB #ECDEAE #AEECBF

split-complementary

#AEBCEC #ECBFAE #DBECAE

monochromatic

#4B6AD5 #7C93E0 #AEBCEC #E0E5F8 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEBCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#AEBCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBCEC

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBCEC	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EC5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.070 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d0f2',
    500: '#aebcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebcec;
$custom-light: #c7d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80103,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBCEC

secondary

#C9B675

accent

#A21CCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBCEC

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

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