#AEC8BD#AEC8BD

#AEC8BD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.032 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8BD
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(155, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(155, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -10.91, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 11.20, 166.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0313 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.032 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2930, 53.9804, 56.0618)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8BD #C8AEB9

analogous

#AEC8B0 #AEC8BD #AEC6C8

triadic

#AEC8BD #BDAEC8 #C8BDAE

tetradic

#AEC8BD #B0AEC8 #C8AEB9 #C6C8AE

square

#AEC8BD #B0AEC8 #C8AEB9 #C6C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC8BD #C8AEC6 #C8B0AE

monochromatic

#669681 #8AAF9F #AEC8BD #D2E1DB #EDF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#AEC8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8BD

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8BD	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.032 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8d0',
    500: '#aec8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8bd;
$custom-light: #c6d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.615,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81018,
    "c": 0.03201,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8BD

secondary

#9C7E8B

accent

#486C9D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8BD

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

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