#AEC4DB#AEC4DB

#AEC4DB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.040 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4DB
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(211, 38%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(211, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -2.56, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 14.19, 259.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0142 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.04 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9783, 53.5917, 74.7151)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4DB #DBC5AE

analogous

#AEDBDB #AEC4DB #AFAEDB

triadic

#AEC4DB #DBAEC4 #C4DBAE

tetradic

#AEC4DB #DBAEDB #DBC5AE #AEDBAF

square

#AEC4DB #DBAEDB #DBC5AE #AEDBAF

split-complementary

#AEC4DB #DBAFAE #DBDBAE

monochromatic

#5986B5 #84A5C8 #AEC4DB #D8E3EE #EAF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AEC4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#AEC4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4DB

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4DB	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.040 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5e6',
    500: '#aec4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4db;
$custom-light: #c6d5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81117,
    "c": 0.04046,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4DB

secondary

#B3977A

accent

#7434B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4DB

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

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