#AEC9DA#AEC9DA

#AEC9DA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.038 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9DA
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -5.43, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 12.70, 244.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0213 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.038 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9937, 55.8325, 74.4061)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9DA #DABFAE

analogous

#AEDAD5 #AEC9DA #AEB3DA

triadic

#AEC9DA #DAAEC9 #C9DAAE

tetradic

#AEC9DA #D5AEDA #DABFAE #B3DAAE

square

#AEC9DA #D5AEDA #DABFAE #B3DAAE

split-complementary

#AEC9DA #DAAEB3 #DAD5AE

monochromatic

#5A91B4 #84ADC7 #AEC9DA #D8E5ED #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AEC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#AEC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9DA

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9DA	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.038 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9e5',
    500: '#aec9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9da;
$custom-light: #c6d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82128,
    "c": 0.03774,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9DA

secondary

#B1907B

accent

#6535B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9DA

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

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