#AEC0C8#AEC0C8

#AEC0C8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.023 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC0C8
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 4%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -4.51, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 7.59, 233.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0158 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.023 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7280, 50.8672, 61.9888)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC0C8 #C8B6AE

analogous

#AEC8C3 #AEC0C8 #AEB3C8

triadic

#AEC0C8 #C8AEC0 #C0C8AE

tetradic

#AEC0C8 #C3AEC8 #C8B6AE #B3C8AE

square

#AEC0C8 #C3AEC8 #C8B6AE #B3C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC0C8 #C8AEB3 #C8C3AE

monochromatic

#668796 #8AA4AF #AEC0C8 #D2DCE1 #EDF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#AEC0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#AEC0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC0C8

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC0C8	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.023 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d3d8',
    500: '#aec0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec0c8;
$custom-light: #c6d3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79652,
    "c": 0.0228,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC0C8

secondary

#9C877E

accent

#62489D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC0C8

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

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