#AEC4E6#AEC4E6

#AEC4E6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.054 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E6
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -0.08, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 19.35, 269.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0102 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.054 259)
XYZ	xyz(51.4745, 54.1902, 82.5952)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E6 #E6D0AE

analogous

#AEE0E6 #AEC4E6 #B4AEE6

triadic

#AEC4E6 #E6AEC4 #C4E6AE

tetradic

#AEC4E6 #E6AEE0 #E6D0AE #AEE6B4

square

#AEC4E6 #E6AEE0 #E6D0AE #AEE6B4

split-complementary

#AEC4E6 #E6B4AE #E0E6AE

monochromatic

#5080C9 #7FA2D8 #AEC4E6 #DDE6F4 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#AEC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E6

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E6	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.054 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5ee',
    500: '#aec4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e6;
$custom-light: #c7d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.05383,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.54192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E6

secondary

#C1A478

accent

#8325C0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E6

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

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