#AEC9BF#AEC9BF

#AEC9BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.032 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9BF
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(158, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(158, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -11.03, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 11.20, 170.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0319 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.032 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7439, 54.5325, 57.2905)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9BF #C9AEB8

analogous

#AEC9B1 #AEC9BF #AEC5C9

triadic

#AEC9BF #BFAEC9 #C9BFAE

tetradic

#AEC9BF #B1AEC9 #C9AEB8 #C5C9AE

square

#AEC9BF #B1AEC9 #C9AEB8 #C5C9AE

split-complementary

#AEC9BF #C9AEC5 #C9B1AE

monochromatic

#659885 #89B1A2 #AEC9BF #D3E1DC #EDF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AEC9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#AEC9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9BF

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9BF	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)

#C7C5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.032 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9d2',
    500: '#aec9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9bf;
$custom-light: #c6d9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81289,
    "c": 0.03228,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9BF

secondary

#9D7E89

accent

#47679E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9BF

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

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