#AEC4DF#AEC4DF

#AEC4DF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.045 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4DF
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 223)
HSL	hsl(213, 43%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(213, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 12.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -1.67, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 16.01, 264.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0127 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.045 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5112, 53.8048, 77.5218)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4DF #DFC9AE

analogous

#AEDDDF #AEC4DF #B0AEDF

triadic

#AEC4DF #DFAEC4 #C4DFAE

tetradic

#AEC4DF #DFAEDD #DFC9AE #AEDFB0

square

#AEC4DF #DFAEDD #DFC9AE #AEDFB0

split-complementary

#AEC4DF #DFB0AE #DDDFAE

monochromatic

#5684BC #82A4CE #AEC4DF #DAE4F0 #E9EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AEC4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#AEC4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4DF

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4DF	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.045 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5e9',
    500: '#aec4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4df;
$custom-light: #c6d5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.061,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81257,
    "c": 0.04516,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4DF

secondary

#B89C7A

accent

#7A2FB6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4DF

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

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