#AEC3EB#AEC3EB

#AEC3EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.061 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3EB
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(219, 60%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(219, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, 1.61, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 22.24, 274.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0072 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.061 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9620, 54.0254, 86.2713)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3EB #EBD6AE

analogous

#AEE2EB #AEC3EB #B7AEEB

triadic

#AEC3EB #EBAEC3 #C3EBAE

tetradic

#AEC3EB #EBAEE2 #EBD6AE #AEEBB7

square

#AEC3EB #EBAEE2 #EBD6AE #AEEBB7

split-complementary

#AEC3EB #EBB7AE #E2EBAE

monochromatic

#4C7AD3 #7D9FDF #AEC3EB #DFE7F7 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#AEC3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3EB

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3EB	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.061 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f1',
    500: '#aec3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3eb;
$custom-light: #c7d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.344,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81487,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3EB

secondary

#C7AB76

accent

#8D1DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3EB

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

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