#AEC5BE#AEC5BE

#AEC5BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.027 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5BE
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(162, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(162, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -9.15, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 9.19, 174.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0267 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.027 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7139, 52.6480, 56.4061)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5BE #C5AEB5

analogous

#AEC5B2 #AEC5BE #AEC0C5

triadic

#AEC5BE #BEAEC5 #C5BEAE

tetradic

#AEC5BE #B2AEC5 #C5AEB5 #C0C5AE

square

#AEC5BE #B2AEC5 #C5AEB5 #C0C5AE

split-complementary

#AEC5BE #C5AEC0 #C5B2AE

monochromatic

#689184 #8AABA1 #AEC5BE #D2DFDB #EDF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AEC5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#AEC5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5BE

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5BE	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.027 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6d1',
    500: '#aec5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5be;
$custom-light: #c6d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80406,
    "c": 0.02683,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5BE

secondary

#997E86

accent

#4B639B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5BE

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

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