#AEC8EB#AEC8EB

#AEC8EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.057 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8EB
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 60%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -1.07, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 20.22, 266.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0139 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.057 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1010, 56.3036, 86.6510)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8EB #EBD1AE

analogous

#AEE7EB #AEC8EB #B2AEEB

triadic

#AEC8EB #EBAEC8 #C8EBAE

tetradic

#AEC8EB #EBAEE7 #EBD1AE #AEEBB2

square

#AEC8EB #EBAEE7 #EBD1AE #AEEBB2

split-complementary

#AEC8EB #EBB2AE #E7EBAE

monochromatic

#4C85D3 #7DA7DF #AEC8EB #DFE9F7 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AEC8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#AEC8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8EB

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8EB	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.057 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d8f1',
    500: '#aec8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8eb;
$custom-light: #c7d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.426,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82515,
    "c": 0.05694,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8EB

secondary

#C7A576

accent

#7F1DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8EB

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

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