#AECDDE#AECDDE

#AECDDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.041 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECDDE
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(201, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -6.66, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 13.59, 240.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0252 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.041 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4681, 57.9336, 77.5109)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECDDE #DEBFAE

analogous

#AEDED7 #AECDDE #AEB5DE

triadic

#AECDDE #DEAECD #CDDEAE

tetradic

#AECDDE #D7AEDE #DEBFAE #B5DEAE

square

#AECDDE #D7AEDE #DEBFAE #B5DEAE

split-complementary

#AECDDE #DEAEB5 #DED7AE

monochromatic

#5797BB #83B2CC #AECDDE #D9E8F0 #E9F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#AECDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#AECDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECDDE

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECDDE	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.041 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7dce8',
    500: '#aecdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecdde;
$custom-light: #c7dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83101,
    "c": 0.04089,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECDDE

secondary

#B68F7A

accent

#5F30B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECDDE

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

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