#AEC6C6#AEC6C6

#AEC6C6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.026 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6C6
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 198)
HSL	hsl(180, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -8.08, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 8.53, 198.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0249 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.026 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8402, 53.4630, 61.2140)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6C6 #C6AEAE

analogous

#AEC6BA #AEC6C6 #AEBAC6

triadic

#AEC6C6 #C6AEC6 #C6C6AE

tetradic

#AEC6C6 #BAAEC6 #C6AEAE #BAC6AE

square

#AEC6C6 #BAAEC6 #C6AEAE #BAC6AE

split-complementary

#AEC6C6 #C6AEBA #C6BAAE

monochromatic

#679393 #8AADAD #AEC6C6 #D2DFDF #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AEC6C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#AEC6C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6C6

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6C6	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.026 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d7d7',
    500: '#aec6c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6c6;
$custom-light: #c6d7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80856,
    "c": 0.02602,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6C6

secondary

#9A7E7E

accent

#4A4A9C

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6C6

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

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