#AEC4CE#AEC4CE

#AEC4CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.028 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC4CE
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(199, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -5.37, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 9.24, 234.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.019 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.028 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3333, 52.9337, 66.0513)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC4CE #CEB8AE

analogous

#AECEC8 #AEC4CE #AEB4CE

triadic

#AEC4CE #CEAEC4 #C4CEAE

tetradic

#AEC4CE #C8AECE #CEB8AE #B4CEAE

square

#AEC4CE #C8AECE #CEB8AE #B4CEAE

split-complementary

#AEC4CE #CEAEB4 #CEC8AE

monochromatic

#628CA0 #88A8B7 #AEC4CE #D4E0E5 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AEC4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#AEC4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC4CE

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC4CE	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.028 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5dd',
    500: '#aec4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec4ce;
$custom-light: #c6d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80684,
    "c": 0.02784,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC4CE

secondary

#A3897D

accent

#6142A3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC4CE

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

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