#AEC4E8#AEC4E8

#AEC4E8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.056 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E8
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(217, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, 0.38, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 20.32, 271.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0096 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.056 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7570, 54.3032, 84.0829)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E8 #E8D2AE

analogous

#AEE1E8 #AEC4E8 #B5AEE8

triadic

#AEC4E8 #E8AEC4 #C4E8AE

tetradic

#AEC4E8 #E8AEE1 #E8D2AE #AEE8B5

square

#AEC4E8 #E8AEE1 #E8D2AE #AEE8B5

split-complementary

#AEC4E8 #E8B5AE #E1E8AE

monochromatic

#4F7FCD #7EA1DA #AEC4E8 #DEE7F6 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#AEC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E8

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E8	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.056 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5ef',
    500: '#aec4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e8;
$custom-light: #c7d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81581,
    "c": 0.05639,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E8

secondary

#C3A677

accent

#8622C3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E8

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

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