#AEC5CE#AEC5CE

#AEC5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.028 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5CE
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(197, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -5.90, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 9.25, 230.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0204 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.028 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5596, 53.3863, 66.1267)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5CE #CEB7AE

analogous

#AECEC7 #AEC5CE #AEB5CE

triadic

#AEC5CE #CEAEC5 #C5CEAE

tetradic

#AEC5CE #C7AECE #CEB7AE #B5CEAE

square

#AEC5CE #C7AECE #CEB7AE #B5CEAE

split-complementary

#AEC5CE #CEAEB5 #CEC7AE

monochromatic

#628EA0 #88AAB7 #AEC5CE #D4E0E5 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AEC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#AEC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5CE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5CE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.028 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6dd',
    500: '#aec5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5ce;
$custom-light: #c6d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80895,
    "c": 0.02806,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5CE

secondary

#A3887D

accent

#5E42A3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5CE

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

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