#AEC8EE#AEC8EE

#AEC8EE is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.061 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8EE
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(216, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -0.37, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 21.65, 269.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0128 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.061 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5381, 56.4785, 88.9529)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8EE #EED4AE

analogous

#AEE8EE #AEC8EE #B4AEEE

triadic

#AEC8EE #EEAEC8 #C8EEAE

tetradic

#AEC8EE #EEAEE8 #EED4AE #AEEEB4

square

#AEC8EE #EEAEE8 #EED4AE #AEEEB4

split-complementary

#AEC8EE #EEB4AE #E8EEAE

monochromatic

#4983D9 #7BA6E3 #AEC8EE #E1EAF9 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AEC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#AEC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8EE

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8EE	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.061 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d8f3',
    500: '#aec8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8ee;
$custom-light: #c7d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82625,
    "c": 0.06067,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8EE

secondary

#CBA875

accent

#8418CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8EE

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

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