#AEC6DD#AEC6DD

#AEC6DD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.042 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6DD
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(209, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -3.18, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 14.50, 257.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0162 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.042 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6973, 54.6059, 76.2615)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6DD #DDC5AE

analogous

#AEDDDD #AEC6DD #AEAEDD

triadic

#AEC6DD #DDAEC6 #C6DDAE

tetradic

#AEC6DD #DDAEDD #DDC5AE #AEDDAE

square

#AEC6DD #DDAEDD #DDC5AE #AEDDAE

split-complementary

#AEC6DD #DDAEAE #DDDDAE

monochromatic

#5889B9 #83A8CB #AEC6DD #D9E4EF #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AEC6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#AEC6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6DD

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6DD	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.042 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d7e7',
    500: '#aec6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6dd;
$custom-light: #c6d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.362,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81603,
    "c": 0.0417,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6DD

secondary

#B5977A

accent

#7132B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6DD

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

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