#AEC9EF#AEC9EF

#AEC9EF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.061 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9EF
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -0.67, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 21.74, 268.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0138 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.061 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9178, 57.0021, 89.8063)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9EF #EFD4AE

analogous

#AEE9EF #AEC9EF #B3AEEF

triadic

#AEC9EF #EFAEC9 #C9EFAE

tetradic

#AEC9EF #EFAEE9 #EFD4AE #AEEFB3

square

#AEC9EF #EFAEE9 #EFD4AE #AEEFB3

split-complementary

#AEC9EF #EFB3AE #E9EFAE

monochromatic

#4885DB #7BA7E5 #AEC9EF #E1EBF9 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#AEC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#AEC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9EF

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9EF	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.061 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d9f4',
    500: '#aec9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9ef;
$custom-light: #c7d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.077,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82868,
    "c": 0.06112,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9EF

secondary

#CDA874

accent

#8217CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9EF

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

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