#AEC8DF#AEC8DF

#AEC8DF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.043 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8DF
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(208, 43%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(208, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -3.80, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 14.83, 255.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0181 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.043 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4255, 55.6334, 77.8266)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8DF #DFC5AE

analogous

#AEDFDD #AEC8DF #AEAFDF

triadic

#AEC8DF #DFAEC8 #C8DFAE

tetradic

#AEC8DF #DDAEDF #DFC5AE #AFDFAE

square

#AEC8DF #DDAEDF #DFC5AE #AFDFAE

split-complementary

#AEC8DF #DFAEAF #DFDDAE

monochromatic

#568CBC #82AACE #AEC8DF #DAE6F0 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AEC8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#AEC8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8DF

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8DF	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.043 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8e9',
    500: '#aec8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8df;
$custom-light: #c6d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82088,
    "c": 0.04298,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8DF

secondary

#B8977A

accent

#6F2FB6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8DF

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

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