#AEC8DB#AEC8DB

#AEC8DB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.039 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8DB
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -4.69, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 13.22, 249.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0196 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.039 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8926, 55.4203, 75.0199)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8DB #DBC1AE

analogous

#AEDBD8 #AEC8DB #AEB2DB

triadic

#AEC8DB #DBAEC8 #C8DBAE

tetradic

#AEC8DB #D8AEDB #DBC1AE #B2DBAE

square

#AEC8DB #D8AEDB #DBC1AE #B2DBAE

split-complementary

#AEC8DB #DBAEB2 #DBD8AE

monochromatic

#598EB5 #84ABC8 #AEC8DB #D8E5EE #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#AEC8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#AEC8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8DB

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8DB	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.039 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8e6',
    500: '#aec8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8db;
$custom-light: #c6d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.333,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81952,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8DB

secondary

#B3927A

accent

#6934B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8DB

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

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