#AEC4E4#AEC4E4

#AEC4E4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.051 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E4
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(216, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -0.54, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 18.38, 268.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0109 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.051 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1953, 54.0785, 81.1246)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E4 #E4CEAE

analogous

#AEDFE4 #AEC4E4 #B3AEE4

triadic

#AEC4E4 #E4AEC4 #C4E4AE

tetradic

#AEC4E4 #E4AEDF #E4CEAE #AEE4B3

square

#AEC4E4 #E4AEDF #E4CEAE #AEE4B3

split-complementary

#AEC4E4 #E4B3AE #DFE4AE

monochromatic

#5281C5 #80A3D5 #AEC4E4 #DCE5F3 #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#AEC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E4

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E4	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.051 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5ec',
    500: '#aec4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e4;
$custom-light: #c7d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81435,
    "c": 0.05131,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E4

secondary

#BEA278

accent

#8128BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E4

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

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