#AEC5CC#AEC5CC

#AEC5CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.027 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5CC
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -6.32, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 8.80, 224.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0212 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.027 218)
XYZ	xyz(48.3182, 53.2897, 64.8553)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5CC #CCB5AE

analogous

#AECCC4 #AEC5CC #AEB6CC

triadic

#AEC5CC #CCAEC5 #C5CCAE

tetradic

#AEC5CC #C4AECC #CCB5AE #B6CCAE

square

#AEC5CC #C4AECC #CCB5AE #B6CCAE

split-complementary

#AEC5CC #CCAEB6 #CCC4AE

monochromatic

#638F9D #88AAB4 #AEC5CC #D4E0E4 #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AEC5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#AEC5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5CC

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5CC	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.027 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6db',
    500: '#aec5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5cc;
$custom-light: #c6d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.02689,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.53291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5CC

secondary

#A1867D

accent

#5A44A1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5CC

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

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