#AEC8EA#AEC8EA

#AEC8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.056 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8EA
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -1.30, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 19.75, 266.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0142 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.056 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9570, 56.2460, 85.8923)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8EA #EAD0AE

analogous

#AEE6EA #AEC8EA #B2AEEA

triadic

#AEC8EA #EAAEC8 #C8EAAE

tetradic

#AEC8EA #EAAEE6 #EAD0AE #AEEAB2

square

#AEC8EA #EAAEE6 #EAD0AE #AEEAB2

split-complementary

#AEC8EA #EAB2AE #E6EAAE

monochromatic

#4D86D1 #7DA7DD #AEC8EA #DFE9F7 #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AEC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#AEC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8EA

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8EA	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.056 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d8f0',
    500: '#aec8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8ea;
$custom-light: #c7d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82478,
    "c": 0.05571,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8EA

secondary

#C6A376

accent

#7E1FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8EA

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

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