#AEC9BC#AEC9BC

#AEC9BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.034 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9BC
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(151, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(151, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -11.62, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 12.11, 163.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0331 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.034 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4172, 54.4018, 55.5696)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9BC #C9AEBB

analogous

#AEC9AE #AEC9BC #AEC8C9

triadic

#AEC9BC #BCAEC9 #C9BCAE

tetradic

#AEC9BC #AEAEC9 #C9AEBB #C8C9AE

square

#AEC9BC #AEAEC9 #C9AEBB #C8C9AE

split-complementary

#AEC9BC #C9AEC8 #C9AEAE

monochromatic

#65987F #89B19E #AEC9BC #D3E1DA #EDF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#AEC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9BC

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9BC	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.034 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9d0',
    500: '#aec9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9bc;
$custom-light: #c6d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.111,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.0343,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9BC

secondary

#9D7E8D

accent

#47719E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9BC

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

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