#AEC4EB#AEC4EB

#AEC4EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.060 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4EB
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, 1.07, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 21.81, 272.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0085 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.06 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1868, 54.4751, 86.3463)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4EB #EBD5AE

analogous

#AEE2EB #AEC4EB #B7AEEB

triadic

#AEC4EB #EBAEC4 #C4EBAE

tetradic

#AEC4EB #EBAEE2 #EBD5AE #AEEBB7

square

#AEC4EB #EBAEE2 #EBD5AE #AEEBB7

split-complementary

#AEC4EB #EBB7AE #E2EBAE

monochromatic

#4C7CD3 #7DA0DF #AEC4EB #DFE8F7 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#AEC4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4EB

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4EB	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.060 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f1',
    500: '#aec4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4eb;
$custom-light: #c7d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.361,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81692,
    "c": 0.06026,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4EB

secondary

#C7AA76

accent

#8B1DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4EB

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

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