#AEC3EE#AEC3EE

#AEC3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.065 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3EE
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(220, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, 2.32, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 23.75, 275.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0062 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.065 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3990, 54.2003, 88.5732)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3EE #EED9AE

analogous

#AEE3EE #AEC3EE #B9AEEE

triadic

#AEC3EE #EEAEC3 #C3EEAE

tetradic

#AEC3EE #EEAEE3 #EED9AE #AEEEB9

square

#AEC3EE #EEAEE3 #EED9AE #AEEEB9

split-complementary

#AEC3EE #EEB9AE #E3EEAE

monochromatic

#4978D9 #7B9EE3 #AEC3EE #E1E8F9 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#AEC3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3EE

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3EE	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.065 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f3',
    500: '#aec3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3ee;
$custom-light: #c7d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.313,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81601,
    "c": 0.06514,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3EE

secondary

#CBAF75

accent

#9218CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3EE

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

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