#AEC4EF#AEC4EF

#AEC4EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.065 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4EF
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(220, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(220, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, 2.01, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 23.81, 274.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0072 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.065 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7711, 54.7088, 89.4241)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4EF #EFD9AE

analogous

#AEE4EF #AEC4EF #B8AEEF

triadic

#AEC4EF #EFAEC4 #C4EFAE

tetradic

#AEC4EF #EFAEE4 #EFD9AE #AEEFB8

square

#AEC4EF #EFAEE4 #EFD9AE #AEEFB8

split-complementary

#AEC4EF #EFB8AE #E4EFAE

monochromatic

#487ADB #7B9FE5 #AEC4EF #E1E9F9 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AEC4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#AEC4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4EF

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4EF	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CCDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.065 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d5f4',
    500: '#aec4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4ef;
$custom-light: #c7d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.692,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81843,
    "c": 0.06549,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4EF

secondary

#CDAF74

accent

#9117CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4EF

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

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