#AEC6ED#AEC6ED

#AEC6ED is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.061 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6ED
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 64%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, 0.47, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 21.96, 271.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0105 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.061 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9314, 55.4995, 88.0280)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6ED #EDD5AE

analogous

#AEE5ED #AEC6ED #B5AEED

triadic

#AEC6ED #EDAEC6 #C6EDAE

tetradic

#AEC6ED #EDAEE5 #EDD5AE #AEEDB5

square

#AEC6ED #EDAEE5 #EDD5AE #AEEDB5

split-complementary

#AEC6ED #EDB5AE #E5EDAE

monochromatic

#4A80D7 #7CA3E2 #AEC6ED #E0E9F8 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#AEC6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#AEC6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6ED

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6ED	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.061 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d7f3',
    500: '#aec6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6ed;
$custom-light: #c7d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82177,
    "c": 0.06106,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6ED

secondary

#CAAA75

accent

#881ACB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6ED

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

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