#AEC9FF#AEC9FF

#AEC9FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.082 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9FF
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 255)
HSL	hsl(220, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, 3.18, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 29.60, 276.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0086 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.082 264)
XYZ	xyz(56.3869, 57.9898, 102.8105)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9FF #FFE4AE

analogous

#AEF2FF #AEC9FF #BCAEFF

triadic

#AEC9FF #FFAEC9 #C9FFAE

tetradic

#AEC9FF #FFAEF2 #FFE4AE #AEFFBC

square

#AEC9FF #FFAEF2 #FFE4AE #AEFFBC

split-complementary

#AEC9FF #FFBCAE #F2FFAE

monochromatic

#3477FF #71A0FF #AEC9FF #E0EBFF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#AEC9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#AEC9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9FF

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9FF	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97D4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.082 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d9ff',
    500: '#aec9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9ff;
$custom-light: #c8d9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83484,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.57992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9FF

secondary

#E5BD6C

accent

#9900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9FF

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

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