#AEC5BC#AEC5BC

#AEC5BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.028 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5BC
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(157, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(157, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -9.54, 1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 9.72, 168.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0275 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.028 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4968, 52.5612, 55.2628)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5BC #C5AEB7

analogous

#AEC5B0 #AEC5BC #AEC2C5

triadic

#AEC5BC #BCAEC5 #C5BCAE

tetradic

#AEC5BC #B0AEC5 #C5AEB7 #C2C5AE

square

#AEC5BC #B0AEC5 #C5AEB7 #C2C5AE

split-complementary

#AEC5BC #C5AEC2 #C5B0AE

monochromatic

#689181 #8AAB9F #AEC5BC #D2DFD9 #EDF2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AEC5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#AEC5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5BC

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5BC	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.028 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6d0',
    500: '#aec5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5bc;
$custom-light: #c6d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80348,
    "c": 0.02797,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5BC

secondary

#997E89

accent

#4B6A9B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5BC

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

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