#AEC6DC#AEC6DC

#AEC6DC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.041 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6DC
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(209, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -3.41, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 14.07, 255.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0165 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.041 246)
XYZ	xyz(50.5645, 54.5527, 75.5619)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6DC #DCC4AE

analogous

#AEDCDB #AEC6DC #AEAFDC

triadic

#AEC6DC #DCAEC6 #C6DCAE

tetradic

#AEC6DC #DBAEDC #DCC4AE #AFDCAE

square

#AEC6DC #DBAEDC #DCC4AE #AFDCAE

split-complementary

#AEC6DC #DCAEAF #DCDBAE

monochromatic

#598AB7 #83A8CA #AEC6DC #D9E4EE #EAF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AEC6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#AEC6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6DC

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6DC	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.041 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d7e6',
    500: '#aec6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6dc;
$custom-light: #c6d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81568,
    "c": 0.04059,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.54554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6DC

secondary

#B4967A

accent

#7033B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6DC

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

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