#AEC6CD#AEC6CD

#AEC6CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.028 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6CD
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -6.64, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 9.10, 223.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0222 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.028 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6663, 53.7935, 65.5649)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6CD #CDB5AE

analogous

#AECDC5 #AEC6CD #AEB7CD

triadic

#AEC6CD #CDAEC6 #C6CDAE

tetradic

#AEC6CD #C5AECD #CDB5AE #B7CDAE

square

#AEC6CD #C5AECD #CDB5AE #B7CDAE

split-complementary

#AEC6CD #CDAEB7 #CDC5AE

monochromatic

#62919E #88ABB6 #AEC6CD #D4E1E4 #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AEC6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#AEC6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6CD

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6CD	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.028 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d7dc',
    500: '#aec6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6cd;
$custom-light: #c6d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81074,
    "c": 0.02785,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6CD

secondary

#A2857D

accent

#5943A2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6CD

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

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