#AEC7EE#AEC7EE

#AEC7EE is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.061 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC7EE
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 0.17, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 22.05, 270.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0115 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.061 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3073, 56.0168, 88.8760)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC7EE #EED5AE

analogous

#AEE7EE #AEC7EE #B5AEEE

triadic

#AEC7EE #EEAEC7 #C7EEAE

tetradic

#AEC7EE #EEAEE7 #EED5AE #AEEEB5

square

#AEC7EE #EEAEE7 #EED5AE #AEEEB5

split-complementary

#AEC7EE #EEB5AE #E7EEAE

monochromatic

#4981D9 #7BA4E3 #AEC7EE #E1EAF9 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#AEC7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#AEC7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC7EE

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC7EE	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CCFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.061 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d7f3',
    500: '#aec7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec7ee;
$custom-light: #c7d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.563,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8242,
    "c": 0.06149,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC7EE

secondary

#CBAA75

accent

#8718CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC7EE

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

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