#AEC8EF#AEC8EF

#AEC8EF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.062 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8EF
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(216, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -0.13, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 22.13, 269.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0125 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.062 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6854, 56.5374, 89.7288)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8EF #EFD5AE

analogous

#AEE8EF #AEC8EF #B4AEEF

triadic

#AEC8EF #EFAEC8 #C8EFAE

tetradic

#AEC8EF #EFAEE8 #EFD5AE #AEEFB4

square

#AEC8EF #EFAEE8 #EFD5AE #AEEFB4

split-complementary

#AEC8EF #EFB4AE #E8EFAE

monochromatic

#4883DB #7BA5E5 #AEC8EF #E1EBF9 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AEC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#AEC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8EF

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8EF	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.062 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d8f4',
    500: '#aec8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8ef;
$custom-light: #c7d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82663,
    "c": 0.06192,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8EF

secondary

#CDA974

accent

#8517CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8EF

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

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