#AEC3BC#AEC3BC

#AEC3BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.025 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3BC
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(160, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(160, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -8.50, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 8.57, 172.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0247 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.025 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0457, 51.6589, 55.1124)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3BC #C3AEB5

analogous

#AEC3B1 #AEC3BC #AEC0C3

triadic

#AEC3BC #BCAEC3 #C3BCAE

tetradic

#AEC3BC #B1AEC3 #C3AEB5 #C0C3AE

square

#AEC3BC #B1AEC3 #C3AEB5 #C0C3AE

split-complementary

#AEC3BC #C3AEC0 #C3B1AE

monochromatic

#698E81 #8BA99F #AEC3BC #D1DDD9 #EDF2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AEC3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#AEC3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3BC

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3BC	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.025 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5d0',
    500: '#aec3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3bc;
$custom-light: #c6d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79921,
    "c": 0.02489,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3BC

secondary

#977E87

accent

#4C6699

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3BC

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

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