#AEC3CB#AEC3CB

#AEC3CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.026 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3CB
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -5.47, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 8.44, 229.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0188 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.026 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7475, 52.3397, 64.0753)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3CB #CBB6AE

analogous

#AECBC5 #AEC3CB #AEB5CB

triadic

#AEC3CB #CBAEC3 #C3CBAE

tetradic

#AEC3CB #C5AECB #CBB6AE #B5CBAE

square

#AEC3CB #C5AECB #CBB6AE #B5CBAE

split-complementary

#AEC3CB #CBAEB5 #CBC5AE

monochromatic

#648C9B #89A7B3 #AEC3CB #D3DFE3 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AEC3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#AEC3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3CB

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3CB	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.026 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5da',
    500: '#aec3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3cb;
$custom-light: #c6d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.02558,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3CB

secondary

#A0877D

accent

#5E45A0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3CB

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

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