#AEC3EF#AEC3EF

#AEC3EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.066 H 264.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3EF
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(221, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, 2.55, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 24.25, 276.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0059 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.066 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5463, 54.2592, 89.3491)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3EF #EFDAAE

analogous

#AEE3EF #AEC3EF #B9AEEF

triadic

#AEC3EF #EFAEC3 #C3EFAE

tetradic

#AEC3EF #EFAEE3 #EFDAAE #AEEFB9

square

#AEC3EF #EFAEE3 #EFDAAE #AEEFB9

split-complementary

#AEC3EF #EFB9AE #E3EFAE

monochromatic

#4877DB #7B9DE5 #AEC3EF #E1E9F9 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#AEC3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3EF

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3EF	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.066 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f4',
    500: '#aec3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3ef;
$custom-light: #c7d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.615,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81639,
    "c": 0.06646,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3EF

secondary

#CDB074

accent

#9317CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3EF

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

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