#AECBDE#AECBDE

#AECBDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.041 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECBDE
RGB	rgb(174, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(204, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -5.61, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 13.83, 246.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0225 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.041 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9927, 56.9829, 77.3525)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECBDE #DEC1AE

analogous

#AEDED9 #AECBDE #AEB3DE

triadic

#AECBDE #DEAECB #CBDEAE

tetradic

#AECBDE #D9AEDE #DEC1AE #B3DEAE

square

#AECBDE #D9AEDE #DEC1AE #B3DEAE

split-complementary

#AECBDE #DEAEB3 #DED9AE

monochromatic

#5793BB #83AFCC #AECBDE #D9E7F0 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#AECBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#AECBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECBDE

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECBDE	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)

#C3CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.041 236.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82681,
    "c": 0.04108,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECBDE

secondary

#B6927A

accent

#6530B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECBDE

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

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