#AEC6C8#AEC6C8

#AEC6C8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.026 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6C8
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(185, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 1%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -7.67, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 8.54, 206.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0241 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.026 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0724, 53.5559, 62.4370)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6C8 #C8B0AE

analogous

#AEC8BD #AEC6C8 #AEB9C8

triadic

#AEC6C8 #C8AEC6 #C6C8AE

tetradic

#AEC6C8 #BDAEC8 #C8B0AE #B9C8AE

square

#AEC6C8 #BDAEC8 #C8B0AE #B9C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC6C8 #C8AEB9 #C8BDAE

monochromatic

#669296 #8AACAF #AEC6C8 #D2E0E1 #EDF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AEC6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#AEC6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6C8

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6C8	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.026 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d7d8',
    500: '#aec6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6c8;
$custom-light: #c6d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80918,
    "c": 0.02618,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6C8

secondary

#9C807E

accent

#4F489D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6C8

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

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