#AEC6EC#AEC6EC

#AEC6EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.060 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6EC
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(217, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, 0.23, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 21.47, 270.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0109 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.06 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7858, 55.4413, 87.2607)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6EC #ECD4AE

analogous

#AEE5EC #AEC6EC #B5AEEC

triadic

#AEC6EC #ECAEC6 #C6ECAE

tetradic

#AEC6EC #ECAEE5 #ECD4AE #AEECB5

square

#AEC6EC #ECAEE5 #ECD4AE #AEECB5

split-complementary

#AEC6EC #ECB5AE #E5ECAE

monochromatic

#4B80D5 #7CA3E0 #AEC6EC #E0E9F8 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#AEC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#AEC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6EC

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6EC	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.060 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d7f2',
    500: '#aec6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6ec;
$custom-light: #c7d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8214,
    "c": 0.05979,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6EC

secondary

#C9A875

accent

#861CCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6EC

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

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