#AEC4E2#AEC4E2

#AEC4E2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.049 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E2
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(215, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -1.00, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 17.42, 266.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0116 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.049 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9193, 53.9681, 79.6708)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E2 #E2CCAE

analogous

#AEDEE2 #AEC4E2 #B2AEE2

triadic

#AEC4E2 #E2AEC4 #C4E2AE

tetradic

#AEC4E2 #E2AEDE #E2CCAE #AEE2B2

square

#AEC4E2 #E2AEDE #E2CCAE #AEE2B2

split-complementary

#AEC4E2 #E2B2AE #DEE2AE

monochromatic

#5482C2 #81A3D2 #AEC4E2 #DBE5F2 #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#AEC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E2

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E2	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.049 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5eb',
    500: '#aec4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e2;
$custom-light: #c7d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.04882,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E2

secondary

#BB9F79

accent

#7E2BBB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E2

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

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