#AEC8DA#AEC8DA

#AEC8DA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.038 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8DA
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -4.91, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 12.85, 247.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.02 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.038 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7613, 55.3678, 74.3286)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8DA #DAC0AE

analogous

#AEDAD6 #AEC8DA #AEB2DA

triadic

#AEC8DA #DAAEC8 #C8DAAE

tetradic

#AEC8DA #D6AEDA #DAC0AE #B2DAAE

square

#AEC8DA #D6AEDA #DAC0AE #B2DAAE

split-complementary

#AEC8DA #DAAEB2 #DAD6AE

monochromatic

#5A8FB4 #84ABC7 #AEC8DA #D8E5ED #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#AEC8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#AEC8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8DA

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8DA	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.038 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8e5',
    500: '#aec8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8da;
$custom-light: #c6d8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81918,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8DA

secondary

#B1917B

accent

#6835B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8DA

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

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