#AEC9E9#AEC9E9

#AEC9E9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.054 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9E9
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 233)
HSL	hsl(213, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(213, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -2.06, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 18.93, 263.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0159 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.054 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0461, 56.6534, 85.2153)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9E9 #E9CEAE

analogous

#AEE7E9 #AEC9E9 #B0AEE9

triadic

#AEC9E9 #E9AEC9 #C9E9AE

tetradic

#AEC9E9 #E9AEE7 #E9CEAE #AEE9B0

square

#AEC9E9 #E9AEE7 #E9CEAE #AEE9B0

split-complementary

#AEC9E9 #E9B0AE #E7E9AE

monochromatic

#4E89CF #7EA9DC #AEC9E9 #DEE9F6 #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#AEC9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#AEC9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9E9

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9E9	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.054 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d9f0',
    500: '#aec9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9e9;
$custom-light: #c7d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.542,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82649,
    "c": 0.05381,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9E9

secondary

#C5A177

accent

#7A21C5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9E9

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

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