#AECADE#AECADE

#AECADE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.041 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECADE
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -5.08, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 14.00, 248.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0212 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.041 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7573, 56.5121, 77.2740)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECADE #DEC2AE

analogous

#AEDEDA #AECADE #AEB2DE

triadic

#AECADE #DEAECA #CADEAE

tetradic

#AECADE #DAAEDE #DEC2AE #B2DEAE

square

#AECADE #DAAEDE #DEC2AE #B2DEAE

split-complementary

#AECADE #DEAEB2 #DEDAAE

monochromatic

#5791BB #83AECC #AECADE #D9E6F0 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AECADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#AECADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECADE

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECADE	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.041 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dae8',
    500: '#aecade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecade;
$custom-light: #c6dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82472,
    "c": 0.0413,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECADE

secondary

#B6937A

accent

#6830B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECADE

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

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