#AECEDE#AECEDE

#AECEDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.041 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECEDE
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(200, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -7.18, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 13.52, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0266 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.041 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7080, 58.4135, 77.5909)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECEDE #DEBEAE

analogous

#AEDED6 #AECEDE #AEB6DE

triadic

#AECEDE #DEAECE #CEDEAE

tetradic

#AECEDE #D6AEDE #DEBEAE #B6DEAE

square

#AECEDE #D6AEDE #DEBEAE #B6DEAE

split-complementary

#AECEDE #DEAEB6 #DED6AE

monochromatic

#5799BB #83B4CC #AECEDE #D9E8F0 #E9F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#AECEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#AECEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECEDE

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECEDE	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.041 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7dde8',
    500: '#aecede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecede;
$custom-light: #c7dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83311,
    "c": 0.0409,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECEDE

secondary

#B68E7A

accent

#5D30B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECEDE

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

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