#AEC4CD#AEC4CD

#AEC4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.027 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4CD
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -5.58, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 8.97, 231.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0194 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.027 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2122, 52.8852, 65.4135)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4CD #CDB7AE

analogous

#AECDC7 #AEC4CD #AEB5CD

triadic

#AEC4CD #CDAEC4 #C4CDAE

tetradic

#AEC4CD #C7AECD #CDB7AE #B5CDAE

square

#AEC4CD #C7AECD #CDB7AE #B5CDAE

split-complementary

#AEC4CD #CDAEB5 #CDC7AE

monochromatic

#628D9E #88A8B6 #AEC4CD #D4E0E4 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AEC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#AEC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4CD

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4CD	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.027 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5dc',
    500: '#aec4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4cd;
$custom-light: #c6d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80652,
    "c": 0.02714,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4CD

secondary

#A2887D

accent

#5F43A2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4CD

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

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