#AEC8BC#AEC8BC

#AEC8BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.033 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8BC
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(152, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(152, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -11.10, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 11.51, 164.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0317 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.033 166)
XYZ	xyz(47.1848, 53.9371, 55.4921)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8BC #C8AEBA

analogous

#AEC8AF #AEC8BC #AEC7C8

triadic

#AEC8BC #BCAEC8 #C8BCAE

tetradic

#AEC8BC #AFAEC8 #C8AEBA #C7C8AE

square

#AEC8BC #AFAEC8 #C8AEBA #C7C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC8BC #C8AEC7 #C8AFAE

monochromatic

#669680 #8AAF9E #AEC8BC #D2E1DA #EDF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#AEC8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8BC

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8BC	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.033 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8d0',
    500: '#aec8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8bc;
$custom-light: #c6d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8099,
    "c": 0.0327,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.53938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8BC

secondary

#9C7E8C

accent

#486F9D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8BC

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

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