#AEC4EA#AEC4EA

#AEC4EA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.059 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4EA
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, 0.84, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 21.31, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0089 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.059 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0427, 54.4174, 85.5875)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4EA #EAD4AE

analogous

#AEE2EA #AEC4EA #B6AEEA

triadic

#AEC4EA #EAAEC4 #C4EAAE

tetradic

#AEC4EA #EAAEE2 #EAD4AE #AEEAB6

square

#AEC4EA #EAAEE2 #EAD4AE #AEEAB6

split-complementary

#AEC4EA #EAB6AE #E2EAAE

monochromatic

#4D7DD1 #7DA1DD #AEC4EA #DFE7F7 #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#AEC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4EA

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4EA	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.059 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f0',
    500: '#aec4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4ea;
$custom-light: #c7d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81655,
    "c": 0.05896,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4EA

secondary

#C6A976

accent

#891FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4EA

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

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