#AEC6EE#AEC6EE

#AEC6EE is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.062 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6EE
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(218, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, 0.70, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 22.45, 271.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0102 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.062 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0780, 55.5581, 88.7995)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6EE #EED6AE

analogous

#AEE6EE #AEC6EE #B6AEEE

triadic

#AEC6EE #EEAEC6 #C6EEAE

tetradic

#AEC6EE #EEAEE6 #EED6AE #AEEEB6

square

#AEC6EE #EEAEE6 #EED6AE #AEEEB6

split-complementary

#AEC6EE #EEB6AE #E6EEAE

monochromatic

#497FD9 #7BA2E3 #AEC6EE #E1EAF9 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AEC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#AEC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6EE

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6EE	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.062 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d7f3',
    500: '#aec6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6ee;
$custom-light: #c7d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82215,
    "c": 0.06235,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6EE

secondary

#CBAB75

accent

#8918CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6EE

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

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