#AEC5CD#AEC5CD

#AEC5CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.027 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5CD
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -6.11, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 9.01, 227.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0208 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.027 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4385, 53.3378, 65.4890)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5CD #CDB6AE

analogous

#AECDC6 #AEC5CD #AEB6CD

triadic

#AEC5CD #CDAEC5 #C5CDAE

tetradic

#AEC5CD #C6AECD #CDB6AE #B6CDAE

square

#AEC5CD #C6AECD #CDB6AE #B6CDAE

split-complementary

#AEC5CD #CDAEB6 #CDC6AE

monochromatic

#628F9E #88AAB6 #AEC5CD #D4E0E4 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AEC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#AEC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5CD

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5CD	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.027 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6dc',
    500: '#aec5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5cd;
$custom-light: #c6d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80863,
    "c": 0.02744,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5CD

secondary

#A2877D

accent

#5C43A2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5CD

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

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