#AEC4C8#AEC4C8

#AEC4C8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.025 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4C8
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(189, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -6.62, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 8.02, 214.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0214 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.025 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6183, 52.6477, 62.2856)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4C8 #C8B2AE

analogous

#AEC8BF #AEC4C8 #AEB7C8

triadic

#AEC4C8 #C8AEC4 #C4C8AE

tetradic

#AEC4C8 #BFAEC8 #C8B2AE #B7C8AE

square

#AEC4C8 #BFAEC8 #C8B2AE #B7C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC4C8 #C8AEB7 #C8BFAE

monochromatic

#668E96 #8AA9AF #AEC4C8 #D2DFE1 #EDF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AEC4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#AEC4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4C8

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4C8	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.025 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5d8',
    500: '#aec4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4c8;
$custom-light: #c6d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80494,
    "c": 0.02462,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4C8

secondary

#9C837E

accent

#55489D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4C8

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

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