#AEC4C4#AEC4C4

#AEC4C4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.024 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4C4
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 196)
HSL	hsl(180, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -7.44, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 7.85, 198.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0229 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.024 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1569, 52.4631, 59.8557)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4C4 #C4AEAE

analogous

#AEC4B9 #AEC4C4 #AEB9C4

triadic

#AEC4C4 #C4AEC4 #C4C4AE

tetradic

#AEC4C4 #B9AEC4 #C4AEAE #B9C4AE

square

#AEC4C4 #B9AEC4 #C4AEAE #B9C4AE

split-complementary

#AEC4C4 #C4AEB9 #C4B9AE

monochromatic

#688F8F #8BAAAA #AEC4C4 #D1DEDE #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AEC4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#AEC4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4C4

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4C4	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)

#C1C2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.024 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5d5',
    500: '#aec4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4c4;
$custom-light: #c6d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.02395,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4C4

secondary

#987E7E

accent

#4C4C9A

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4C4

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

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