#AEC8BF#AEC8BF

#AEC8BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.031 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8BF
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(159, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(159, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -10.52, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 10.63, 171.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0305 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.031 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5116, 54.0678, 57.2131)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8BF #C8AEB7

analogous

#AEC8B2 #AEC8BF #AEC4C8

triadic

#AEC8BF #BFAEC8 #C8BFAE

tetradic

#AEC8BF #B2AEC8 #C8AEB7 #C4C8AE

square

#AEC8BF #B2AEC8 #C8AEB7 #C4C8AE

split-complementary

#AEC8BF #C8AEC4 #C8B2AE

monochromatic

#669685 #8AAFA2 #AEC8BF #D2E1DC #EDF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#AEC8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8BF

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8BF	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)

#C6C4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.031 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8d2',
    500: '#aec8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8bf;
$custom-light: #c6d8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81075,
    "c": 0.03076,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8BF

secondary

#9C7E88

accent

#48669D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8BF

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

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