#AEBDE4#AEBDE4

#AEBDE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.058 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBDE4
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(223, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 3.23, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 21.39, 278.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0015 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.058 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6531, 50.9940, 80.6105)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBDE4 #E4D5AE

analogous

#AED8E4 #AEBDE4 #BAAEE4

triadic

#AEBDE4 #E4AEBD #BDE4AE

tetradic

#AEBDE4 #E4AED8 #E4D5AE #AEE4BA

square

#AEBDE4 #E4AED8 #E4D5AE #AEE4BA

split-complementary

#AEBDE4 #E4BAAE #D8E4AE

monochromatic

#5272C5 #8098D5 #AEBDE4 #DCE2F3 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#AEBDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#AEBDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBDE4

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBDE4	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#B1C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.058 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d0ec',
    500: '#aebde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebde4;
$custom-light: #c7d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79999,
    "c": 0.05785,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBDE4

secondary

#BEAB78

accent

#9428BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBDE4

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

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