#AEC6CB#AEC6CB

#AEC6CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.027 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6CB
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(190, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -7.05, -5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 8.78, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.023 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.027 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4264, 53.6975, 64.3016)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6CB #CBB3AE

analogous

#AECBC2 #AEC6CB #AEB8CB

triadic

#AEC6CB #CBAEC6 #C6CBAE

tetradic

#AEC6CB #C2AECB #CBB3AE #B8CBAE

square

#AEC6CB #C2AECB #CBB3AE #B8CBAE

split-complementary

#AEC6CB #CBAEB8 #CBC2AE

monochromatic

#64919B #89ACB3 #AEC6CB #D3E0E3 #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AEC6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#AEC6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6CB

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6CB	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.027 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d7da',
    500: '#aec6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6cb;
$custom-light: #c6d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.02697,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6CB

secondary

#A0837D

accent

#5545A0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6CB

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

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