#AEC6CE#AEC6CE

#AEC6CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.028 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC6CE
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(195, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -6.43, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 9.30, 226.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0218 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.028 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7874, 53.8419, 66.2026)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC6CE #CEB6AE

analogous

#AECEC6 #AEC6CE #AEB6CE

triadic

#AEC6CE #CEAEC6 #C6CEAE

tetradic

#AEC6CE #C6AECE #CEB6AE #B6CEAE

square

#AEC6CE #C6AECE #CEB6AE #B6CEAE

split-complementary

#AEC6CE #CEAEB6 #CEC6AE

monochromatic

#6290A0 #88ABB7 #AEC6CE #D4E1E5 #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#AEC6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC6CE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC6CE	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.028 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d7dd',
    500: '#aec6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec6ce;
$custom-light: #c6d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81105,
    "c": 0.02839,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC6CE

secondary

#A3877D

accent

#5B42A3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC6CE

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

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