#AEC4CC#AEC4CC

#AEC4CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.027 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4CC
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -5.79, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 8.72, 228.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0198 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.027 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0919, 52.8371, 64.7798)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4CC #CCB6AE

analogous

#AECCC5 #AEC4CC #AEB5CC

triadic

#AEC4CC #CCAEC4 #C4CCAE

tetradic

#AEC4CC #C5AECC #CCB6AE #B5CCAE

square

#AEC4CC #C5AECC #CCB6AE #B5CCAE

split-complementary

#AEC4CC #CCAEB5 #CCC5AE

monochromatic

#638D9D #88A9B4 #AEC4CC #D4DFE4 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AEC4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#AEC4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4CC

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4CC	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.027 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5db',
    500: '#aec4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4cc;
$custom-light: #c6d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8062,
    "c": 0.02651,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4CC

secondary

#A1877D

accent

#5D44A1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4CC

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

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