#AEC2C8#AEC2C8

#AEC2C8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.023 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC2C8
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -5.57, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 7.70, 223.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0186 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.023 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1702, 51.7514, 62.1362)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC2C8 #C8B4AE

analogous

#AEC8C1 #AEC2C8 #AEB5C8

triadic

#AEC2C8 #C8AEC2 #C2C8AE

tetradic

#AEC2C8 #C1AEC8 #C8B4AE #B5C8AE

square

#AEC2C8 #C1AEC8 #C8B4AE #B5C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC2C8 #C8AEB5 #C8C1AE

monochromatic

#668B96 #8AA7AF #AEC2C8 #D2DDE1 #EDF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AEC2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#AEC2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC2C8

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC2C8	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.023 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d4d8',
    500: '#aec2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec2c8;
$custom-light: #c6d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80072,
    "c": 0.02348,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC2C8

secondary

#9C857E

accent

#5C489D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC2C8

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

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