#AEC4BC#AEC4BC

#AEC4BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.026 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4BC
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(158, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(158, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -9.02, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 9.14, 170.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0261 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.026 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2705, 52.1086, 55.1874)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4BC #C4AEB6

analogous

#AEC4B1 #AEC4BC #AEC1C4

triadic

#AEC4BC #BCAEC4 #C4BCAE

tetradic

#AEC4BC #B1AEC4 #C4AEB6 #C1C4AE

square

#AEC4BC #B1AEC4 #C4AEB6 #C1C4AE

split-complementary

#AEC4BC #C4AEC1 #C4B1AE

monochromatic

#688F81 #8BAA9F #AEC4BC #D1DED9 #EDF2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AEC4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#AEC4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4BC

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4BC	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.026 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5d0',
    500: '#aec4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4bc;
$custom-light: #c6d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80135,
    "c": 0.02642,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4BC

secondary

#987E88

accent

#4C689A

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4BC

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

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