#AECAEF#AECAEF

#AECAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.060 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECAEF
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(214, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -1.20, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 21.37, 266.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0151 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.06 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1517, 57.4698, 89.8842)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECAEF #EFD3AE

analogous

#AEEAEF #AECAEF #B2AEEF

triadic

#AECAEF #EFAECA #CAEFAE

tetradic

#AECAEF #EFAEEA #EFD3AE #AEEFB2

square

#AECAEF #EFAEEA #EFD3AE #AEEFB2

split-complementary

#AECAEF #EFB2AE #EAEFAE

monochromatic

#4887DB #7BA9E5 #AECAEF #E1EBF9 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#AECAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#AECAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECAEF

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECAEF	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.060 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7daf4',
    500: '#aecaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecaef;
$custom-light: #c7daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.154,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83074,
    "c": 0.06036,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECAEF

secondary

#CDA774

accent

#8017CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECAEF

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

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