#AEC8CA#AEC8CA

#AEC8CA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.028 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8CA
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(184, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -8.31, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 9.20, 205.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0261 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.028 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7678, 54.5703, 63.8294)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8CA #CAB0AE

analogous

#AECABE #AEC8CA #AEBACA

triadic

#AEC8CA #CAAEC8 #C8CAAE

tetradic

#AEC8CA #BEAECA #CAB0AE #BACAAE

square

#AEC8CA #BEAECA #CAB0AE #BACAAE

split-complementary

#AEC8CA #CAAEBA #CABEAE

monochromatic

#649699 #89AFB2 #AEC8CA #D3E1E2 #EDF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AEC8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#AEC8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8CA

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8CA	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.028 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8da',
    500: '#aec8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8ca;
$custom-light: #c6d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.02822,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8CA

secondary

#9F807E

accent

#4D469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8CA

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

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