#AEC3EC#AEC3EC

#AEC3EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.063 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3EC
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(220, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, 1.85, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 22.74, 274.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0069 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.063 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1068, 54.0834, 87.0344)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3EC #ECD7AE

analogous

#AEE2EC #AEC3EC #B8AEEC

triadic

#AEC3EC #ECAEC3 #C3ECAE

tetradic

#AEC3EC #ECAEE2 #ECD7AE #AEECB8

square

#AEC3EC #ECAEE2 #ECD7AE #AEECB8

split-complementary

#AEC3EC #ECB8AE #E2ECAE

monochromatic

#4B7AD5 #7C9EE0 #AEC3EC #E0E8F8 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#AEC3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3EC

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3EC	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.063 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f2',
    500: '#aec3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3ec;
$custom-light: #c7d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.677,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81525,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3EC

secondary

#C9AD75

accent

#8F1CCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3EC

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

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