#AEC4EE#AEC4EE

#AEC4EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.064 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4EE
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(219, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, 1.78, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 23.30, 274.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0075 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.064 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6238, 54.6499, 88.6482)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4EE #EED8AE

analogous

#AEE4EE #AEC4EE #B8AEEE

triadic

#AEC4EE #EEAEC4 #C4EEAE

tetradic

#AEC4EE #EEAEE4 #EED8AE #AEEEB8

square

#AEC4EE #EEAEE4 #EED8AE #AEEEB8

split-complementary

#AEC4EE #EEB8AE #E4EEAE

monochromatic

#497AD9 #7B9FE3 #AEC4EE #E1E9F9 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AEC4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#AEC4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4EE

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4EE	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.064 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f3',
    500: '#aec4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4ee;
$custom-light: #c7d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.375,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81805,
    "c": 0.06417,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4EE

secondary

#CBAE75

accent

#8F18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4EE

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

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