#AEC4E9#AEC4E9

#AEC4E9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.058 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4E9
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(218, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, 0.61, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 20.82, 271.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0092 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.058 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8994, 54.3601, 84.8331)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4E9 #E9D3AE

analogous

#AEE2E9 #AEC4E9 #B5AEE9

triadic

#AEC4E9 #E9AEC4 #C4E9AE

tetradic

#AEC4E9 #E9AEE2 #E9D3AE #AEE9B5

square

#AEC4E9 #E9AEE2 #E9D3AE #AEE9B5

split-complementary

#AEC4E9 #E9B5AE #E2E9AE

monochromatic

#4E7ECF #7EA1DC #AEC4E9 #DEE7F6 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#AEC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4E9

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4E9	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.058 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f0',
    500: '#aec4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4e9;
$custom-light: #c7d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.627,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81618,
    "c": 0.05767,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4E9

secondary

#C5A877

accent

#8821C5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4E9

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

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