#AEC5DA#AEC5DA

#AEC5DA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.039 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5DA
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(209, 37%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(209, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -3.32, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 13.48, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0159 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.039 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0734, 53.9918, 74.0993)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5DA #DAC3AE

analogous

#AEDAD9 #AEC5DA #AEAFDA

triadic

#AEC5DA #DAAEC5 #C5DAAE

tetradic

#AEC5DA #D9AEDA #DAC3AE #AFDAAE

square

#AEC5DA #D9AEDA #DAC3AE #AFDAAE

split-complementary

#AEC5DA #DAAEAF #DAD9AE

monochromatic

#5A89B4 #84A7C7 #AEC5DA #D8E3ED #EAF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#AEC5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5DA

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5DA	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.039 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6e5',
    500: '#aec5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5da;
$custom-light: #c6d6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81291,
    "c": 0.03886,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5DA

secondary

#B1957B

accent

#7035B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5DA

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

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