#AEC5BF#AEC5BF

#AEC5BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.026 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5BF
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(164, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(164, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -8.96, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 8.96, 177.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0263 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.026 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8236, 52.6919, 56.9837)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5BF #C5AEB4

analogous

#AEC5B3 #AEC5BF #AEBFC5

triadic

#AEC5BF #BFAEC5 #C5BFAE

tetradic

#AEC5BF #B3AEC5 #C5AEB4 #BFC5AE

square

#AEC5BF #B3AEC5 #C5AEB4 #BFC5AE

split-complementary

#AEC5BF #C5AEBF #C5B3AE

monochromatic

#689186 #8AABA3 #AEC5BF #D2DFDB #EDF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AEC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#AEC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5BF

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5BF	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.026 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6d2',
    500: '#aec5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5bf;
$custom-light: #c6d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80435,
    "c": 0.02635,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5BF

secondary

#997E85

accent

#4B609B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5BF

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

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