#AEC8BE#AEC8BE

#AEC8BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.031 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8BE
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(157, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(157, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -10.71, 2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 10.90, 169.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0309 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.031 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4019, 54.0240, 56.6355)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8BE #C8AEB8

analogous

#AEC8B1 #AEC8BE #AEC5C8

triadic

#AEC8BE #BEAEC8 #C8BEAE

tetradic

#AEC8BE #B1AEC8 #C8AEB8 #C5C8AE

square

#AEC8BE #B1AEC8 #C8AEB8 #C5C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC8BE #C8AEC5 #C8B1AE

monochromatic

#669683 #8AAFA1 #AEC8BE #D2E1DB #EDF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#AEC8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8BE

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8BE	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.031 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8d1',
    500: '#aec8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8be;
$custom-light: #c6d8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81047,
    "c": 0.03136,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8BE

secondary

#9C7E8A

accent

#48699D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8BE

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

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