#AEC5EA#AEC5EA

#AEC5EA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.058 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5EA
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(217, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, 0.31, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 20.90, 270.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0102 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.058 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2690, 54.8700, 85.6630)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5EA #EAD3AE

analogous

#AEE3EA #AEC5EA #B5AEEA

triadic

#AEC5EA #EAAEC5 #C5EAAE

tetradic

#AEC5EA #EAAEE3 #EAD3AE #AEEAB5

square

#AEC5EA #EAAEE3 #EAD3AE #AEEAB5

split-complementary

#AEC5EA #EAB5AE #E3EAAE

monochromatic

#4D7FD1 #7DA2DD #AEC5EA #DFE8F7 #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#AEC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#AEC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5EA

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5EA	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.058 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d6f0',
    500: '#aec5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5ea;
$custom-light: #c7d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8186,
    "c": 0.05808,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5EA

secondary

#C6A776

accent

#861FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5EA

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

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