#AEC4E1#AEC4E1

#AEC4E1 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.048 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E1
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(214, 23%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -1.22, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 16.94, 265.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.012 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.048 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7825, 53.9133, 78.9503)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E1 #E1CBAE

analogous

#AEDDE1 #AEC4E1 #B1AEE1

triadic

#AEC4E1 #E1AEC4 #C4E1AE

tetradic

#AEC4E1 #E1AEDD #E1CBAE #AEE1B1

square

#AEC4E1 #E1AEDD #E1CBAE #AEE1B1

split-complementary

#AEC4E1 #E1B1AE #DDE1AE

monochromatic

#5583C0 #81A3D0 #AEC4E1 #DBE5F2 #E9EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#AEC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E1

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E1	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.048 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5ea',
    500: '#aec4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e1;
$custom-light: #c7d5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.118,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81328,
    "c": 0.04759,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E1

secondary

#BA9E79

accent

#7C2CB9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E1

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

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