#AEC3CD#AEC3CD

#AEC3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.027 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3CD
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -5.05, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 8.98, 235.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.018 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.027 228)
XYZ	xyz(47.9874, 52.4356, 65.3386)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3CD #CDB8AE

analogous

#AECDC8 #AEC3CD #AEB4CD

triadic

#AEC3CD #CDAEC3 #C3CDAE

tetradic

#AEC3CD #C8AECD #CDB8AE #B4CDAE

square

#AEC3CD #C8AECD #CDB8AE #B4CDAE

split-complementary

#AEC3CD #CDAEB4 #CDC8AE

monochromatic

#628B9E #88A7B6 #AEC3CD #D4DFE4 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AEC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#AEC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3CD

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3CD	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.027 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5dc',
    500: '#aec3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3cd;
$custom-light: #c6d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80442,
    "c": 0.02696,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.52437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3CD

secondary

#A2897D

accent

#6243A2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3CD

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

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