#AEC5D5#AEC5D5

#AEC5D5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.034 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5D5
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 32%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(205, 18%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -4.41, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 11.48, 247.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0178 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.034 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4289, 53.7340, 70.7053)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5D5 #D5BEAE

analogous

#AED5D1 #AEC5D5 #AEB1D5

triadic

#AEC5D5 #D5AEC5 #C5D5AE

tetradic

#AEC5D5 #D1AED5 #D5BEAE #B1D5AE

square

#AEC5D5 #D1AED5 #D5BEAE #B1D5AE

split-complementary

#AEC5D5 #D5AEB1 #D5D1AE

monochromatic

#5D8BAB #86A8C0 #AEC5D5 #D6E2EA #EBF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AEC5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#AEC5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5D5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5D5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.034 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6e1',
    500: '#aec5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5d5;
$custom-light: #c6d6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81123,
    "c": 0.03374,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5D5

secondary

#AB8F7C

accent

#693BAA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5D5

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

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