#AEC4CB#AEC4CB

#AEC4CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.026 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4CB
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -6.00, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 8.50, 225.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0202 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.026 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9723, 52.7893, 64.1502)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4CB #CBB5AE

analogous

#AECBC4 #AEC4CB #AEB6CB

triadic

#AEC4CB #CBAEC4 #C4CBAE

tetradic

#AEC4CB #C4AECB #CBB5AE #B6CBAE

square

#AEC4CB #C4AECB #CBB5AE #B6CBAE

split-complementary

#AEC4CB #CBAEB6 #CBC4AE

monochromatic

#648E9B #89A9B3 #AEC4CB #D3DFE3 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AEC4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#AEC4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4CB

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4CB	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.026 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5da',
    500: '#aec4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4cb;
$custom-light: #c6d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80588,
    "c": 0.02593,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4CB

secondary

#A0867D

accent

#5B45A0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4CB

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

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