#AEC5CB#AEC5CB

#AEC5CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.026 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5CB
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(192, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -6.53, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 8.62, 220.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0216 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.026 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1986, 53.2419, 64.2256)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5CB #CBB4AE

analogous

#AECBC3 #AEC5CB #AEB7CB

triadic

#AEC5CB #CBAEC5 #C5CBAE

tetradic

#AEC5CB #C3AECB #CBB4AE #B7CBAE

square

#AEC5CB #C3AECB #CBB4AE #B7CBAE

split-complementary

#AEC5CB #CBAEB7 #CBC3AE

monochromatic

#64909B #89AAB3 #AEC5CB #D3E0E3 #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AEC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#AEC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5CB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5CB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.026 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6da',
    500: '#aec5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5cb;
$custom-light: #c6d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80799,
    "c": 0.0264,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5CB

secondary

#A0857D

accent

#5845A0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5CB

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

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