#AEC8DD#AEC8DD

#AEC8DD is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.041 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8DD
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(207, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -4.24, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 14.01, 252.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0189 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.041 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1575, 55.5262, 76.4149)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8DD #DDC3AE

analogous

#AEDDDB #AEC8DD #AEB0DD

triadic

#AEC8DD #DDAEC8 #C8DDAE

tetradic

#AEC8DD #DBAEDD #DDC3AE #B0DDAE

square

#AEC8DD #DBAEDD #DDC3AE #B0DDAE

split-complementary

#AEC8DD #DDAEB0 #DDDBAE

monochromatic

#588DB9 #83ABCB #AEC8DD #D9E5EF #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AEC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#AEC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8DD

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8DD	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)

#C0C7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.041 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8e7',
    500: '#aec8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8dd;
$custom-light: #c6d8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8202,
    "c": 0.04088,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8DD

secondary

#B5947A

accent

#6C32B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8DD

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

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