#AEC8CD#AEC8CD

#AEC8CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.029 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC8CD
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(190, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -7.69, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 9.42, 215.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0249 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.029 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1265, 54.7138, 65.7183)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC8CD #CDB3AE

analogous

#AECDC3 #AEC8CD #AEB9CD

triadic

#AEC8CD #CDAEC8 #C8CDAE

tetradic

#AEC8CD #C3AECD #CDB3AE #B9CDAE

square

#AEC8CD #C3AECD #CDB3AE #B9CDAE

split-complementary

#AEC8CD #CDAEB9 #CDC3AE

monochromatic

#62959E #88AEB6 #AEC8CD #D4E2E4 #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AEC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#AEC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC8CD

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC8CD	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.029 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8dc',
    500: '#aec8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec8cd;
$custom-light: #c6d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81496,
    "c": 0.02895,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC8CD

secondary

#A2837D

accent

#5343A2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC8CD

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

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