#AEBDDE#AEBDDE

#AEBDDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.050 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBDDE
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(221, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(221, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 1.86, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 18.30, 275.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0035 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.05 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8346, 50.6666, 76.2998)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBDDE #DECFAE

analogous

#AED5DE #AEBDDE #B7AEDE

triadic

#AEBDDE #DEAEBD #BDDEAE

tetradic

#AEBDDE #DEAED5 #DECFAE #AEDEB7

square

#AEBDDE #DEAED5 #DECFAE #AEDEB7

split-complementary

#AEBDDE #DEB7AE #D5DEAE

monochromatic

#5776BB #839ACC #AEBDDE #D9E0F0 #E9EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#AEBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBDDE

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBDDE	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.050 265.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79778,
    "c": 0.04974,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBDDE

secondary

#B6A37A

accent

#8C30B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBDDE

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

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