#AEC9EA#AEC9EA

#AEC9EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.055 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9EA
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(213, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -1.83, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 19.39, 264.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0155 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.055 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1893, 56.7107, 85.9698)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9EA #EACFAE

analogous

#AEE7EA #AEC9EA #B1AEEA

triadic

#AEC9EA #EAAEC9 #C9EAAE

tetradic

#AEC9EA #EAAEE7 #EACFAE #AEEAB1

square

#AEC9EA #EAAEE7 #EACFAE #AEEAB1

split-complementary

#AEC9EA #EAB1AE #E7EAAE

monochromatic

#4D88D1 #7DA9DD #AEC9EA #DFE9F7 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#AEC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#AEC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9EA

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9EA	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.055 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d9f0',
    500: '#aec9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9ea;
$custom-light: #c7d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82685,
    "c": 0.05501,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9EA

secondary

#C6A276

accent

#7B1FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9EA

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

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