#AEC9EE#AEC9EE

#AEC9EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.060 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9EE
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -0.90, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 21.27, 267.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0142 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.06 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7705, 56.9432, 89.0304)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9EE #EED3AE

analogous

#AEE9EE #AEC9EE #B3AEEE

triadic

#AEC9EE #EEAEC9 #C9EEAE

tetradic

#AEC9EE #EEAEE9 #EED3AE #AEEEB3

square

#AEC9EE #EEAEE9 #EED3AE #AEEEB3

split-complementary

#AEC9EE #EEB3AE #E9EEAE

monochromatic

#4986D9 #7BA7E3 #AEC9EE #E1EBF9 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#AEC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#AEC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9EE

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9EE	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.060 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d9f3',
    500: '#aec9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9ee;
$custom-light: #c7d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.688,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82831,
    "c": 0.05989,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9EE

secondary

#CBA775

accent

#8118CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9EE

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

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