#AECDE8#AECDE8

#AECDE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.050 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECDE8
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(208, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -4.41, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 17.31, 255.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0215 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.05 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8483, 58.4857, 84.7800)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECDE8 #E8C9AE

analogous

#AEE8E6 #AECDE8 #AEB0E8

triadic

#AECDE8 #E8AECD #CDE8AE

tetradic

#AECDE8 #E6AEE8 #E8C9AE #B0E8AE

square

#AECDE8 #E6AEE8 #E8C9AE #B0E8AE

split-complementary

#AECDE8 #E8AEB0 #E8E6AE

monochromatic

#4F92CD #7EB0DA #AECDE8 #DEEAF6 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#AECDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#AECDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECDE8

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECDE8	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.050 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7dcef',
    500: '#aecde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecde8;
$custom-light: #c7dcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.931,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83444,
    "c": 0.05049,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECDE8

secondary

#C39A77

accent

#6D22C3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECDE8

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

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