#AEBCED#AEBCED

#AEBCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.071 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBCED
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(227, 64%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 5.88, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 26.58, 282.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0029 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.071 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7207, 51.0781, 87.2911)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBCED #EDDFAE

analogous

#AEDBED #AEBCED #BFAEED

triadic

#AEBCED #EDAEBC #BCEDAE

tetradic

#AEBCED #EDAEDB #EDDFAE #AEEDBF

square

#AEBCED #EDAEDB #EDDFAE #AEEDBF

split-complementary

#AEBCED #EDBFAE #DBEDAE

monochromatic

#4A69D7 #7C93E2 #AEBCED #E0E5F8 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#AEBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBCED

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBCED	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EC5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.071 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d0f3',
    500: '#aebced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebced;
$custom-light: #c7d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80142,
    "c": 0.07131,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBCED

secondary

#CAB775

accent

#A41ACB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBCED

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

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