#AEC3EA#AEC3EA

#AEC3EA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.060 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3EA
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(219, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(219, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, 1.38, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 21.74, 273.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0075 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.06 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8179, 53.9678, 85.5126)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3EA #EAD5AE

analogous

#AEE1EA #AEC3EA #B7AEEA

triadic

#AEC3EA #EAAEC3 #C3EAAE

tetradic

#AEC3EA #EAAEE1 #EAD5AE #AEEAB7

square

#AEC3EA #EAAEE1 #EAD5AE #AEEAB7

split-complementary

#AEC3EA #EAB7AE #E1EAAE

monochromatic

#4D7BD1 #7D9FDD #AEC3EA #DFE7F7 #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#AEC3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3EA

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3EA	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.060 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f0',
    500: '#aec3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3ea;
$custom-light: #c7d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8145,
    "c": 0.05988,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3EA

secondary

#C6AA76

accent

#8C1FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3EA

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

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