#AEC4E7#AEC4E7

#AEC4E7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.055 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E7
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(217, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, 0.15, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 19.83, 270.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0099 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.055 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6154, 54.2465, 83.3369)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E7 #E7D1AE

analogous

#AEE1E7 #AEC4E7 #B5AEE7

triadic

#AEC4E7 #E7AEC4 #C4E7AE

tetradic

#AEC4E7 #E7AEE1 #E7D1AE #AEE7B5

square

#AEC4E7 #E7AEE1 #E7D1AE #AEE7B5

split-complementary

#AEC4E7 #E7B5AE #E1E7AE

monochromatic

#507FCB #7FA2D9 #AEC4E7 #DDE6F5 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#AEC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E7

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E7	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.055 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5ee',
    500: '#aec4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e7;
$custom-light: #c7d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.842,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81544,
    "c": 0.05511,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E7

secondary

#C2A577

accent

#8524C2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E7

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

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