#AEC5BD#AEC5BD

#AEC5BD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.027 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5BD
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(159, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(159, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -9.35, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 9.45, 171.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0271 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.027 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6050, 52.6044, 55.8325)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5BD #C5AEB6

analogous

#AEC5B1 #AEC5BD #AEC2C5

triadic

#AEC5BD #BDAEC5 #C5BDAE

tetradic

#AEC5BD #B1AEC5 #C5AEB6 #C2C5AE

square

#AEC5BD #B1AEC5 #C5AEB6 #C2C5AE

split-complementary

#AEC5BD #C5AEC2 #C5B1AE

monochromatic

#689183 #8AABA0 #AEC5BD #D2DFDA #EDF2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AEC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#AEC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5BD

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5BD	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.027 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6d0',
    500: '#aec5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5bd;
$custom-light: #c6d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80377,
    "c": 0.02736,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5BD

secondary

#997E88

accent

#4B679B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5BD

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

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