#AEC3CE#AEC3CE

#AEC3CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.028 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3CE
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(201, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -4.84, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 9.28, 238.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0176 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.028 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1085, 52.4840, 65.9763)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3CE #CEB9AE

analogous

#AECEC9 #AEC3CE #AEB3CE

triadic

#AEC3CE #CEAEC3 #C3CEAE

tetradic

#AEC3CE #C9AECE #CEB9AE #B3CEAE

square

#AEC3CE #C9AECE #CEB9AE #B3CEAE

split-complementary

#AEC3CE #CEAEB3 #CEC9AE

monochromatic

#628BA0 #88A7B7 #AEC3CE #D4DFE5 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AEC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#AEC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3CE

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3CE	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.028 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5dd',
    500: '#aec3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3ce;
$custom-light: #c6d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80474,
    "c": 0.02772,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3CE

secondary

#A38A7D

accent

#6442A3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3CE

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

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