#AEC9DB#AEC9DB

#AEC9DB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.039 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9DB
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -5.21, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 13.05, 246.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.021 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.039 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1249, 55.8850, 75.0973)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9DB #DBC0AE

analogous

#AEDBD7 #AEC9DB #AEB3DB

triadic

#AEC9DB #DBAEC9 #C9DBAE

tetradic

#AEC9DB #D7AEDB #DBC0AE #B3DBAE

square

#AEC9DB #D7AEDB #DBC0AE #B3DBAE

split-complementary

#AEC9DB #DBAEB3 #DBD7AE

monochromatic

#5991B5 #84ADC8 #AEC9DB #D8E5EE #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#AEC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#AEC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9DB

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9DB	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.039 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9e6',
    500: '#aec9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9db;
$custom-light: #c6d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82161,
    "c": 0.03866,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9DB

secondary

#B3917A

accent

#6634B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9DB

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

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