#AEC9BE#AEC9BE

#AEC9BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.033 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9BE
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(156, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(156, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -11.23, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 11.49, 167.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0323 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.033 169)
XYZ	xyz(47.6342, 54.4887, 56.7129)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9BE #C9AEB9

analogous

#AEC9B0 #AEC9BE #AEC6C9

triadic

#AEC9BE #BEAEC9 #C9BEAE

tetradic

#AEC9BE #B0AEC9 #C9AEB9 #C6C9AE

square

#AEC9BE #B0AEC9 #C9AEB9 #C6C9AE

split-complementary

#AEC9BE #C9AEC6 #C9B0AE

monochromatic

#659883 #89B1A1 #AEC9BE #D3E1DB #EDF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AEC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#AEC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9BE

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9BE	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.033 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9d1',
    500: '#aec9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9be;
$custom-light: #c6d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.556,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81261,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.5449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9BE

secondary

#9D7E8B

accent

#476B9E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9BE

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

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