#AEC9DF#AEC9DF

#AEC9DF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.043 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9DF
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(207, 43%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(207, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -4.33, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 14.59, 252.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0195 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.043 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6579, 56.0981, 77.9040)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9DF #DFC4AE

analogous

#AEDFDD #AEC9DF #AEB0DF

triadic

#AEC9DF #DFAEC9 #C9DFAE

tetradic

#AEC9DF #DDAEDF #DFC4AE #B0DFAE

square

#AEC9DF #DDAEDF #DFC4AE #B0DFAE

split-complementary

#AEC9DF #DFAEB0 #DFDDAE

monochromatic

#568FBC #82ACCE #AEC9DF #DAE6F0 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#AEC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#AEC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9DF

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9DF	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.043 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9e9',
    500: '#aec9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9df;
$custom-light: #c6d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82297,
    "c": 0.0426,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9DF

secondary

#B8957A

accent

#6C2FB6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9DF

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

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