#AEC9CA#AEC9CA

#AEC9CA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.029 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9CA
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(182, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -8.83, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 9.52, 201.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0275 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.029 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0002, 55.0350, 63.9068)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9CA #CAAFAE

analogous

#AECABD #AEC9CA #AEBBCA

triadic

#AEC9CA #CAAEC9 #C9CAAE

tetradic

#AEC9CA #BDAECA #CAAFAE #BBCAAE

square

#AEC9CA #BDAECA #CAAFAE #BBCAAE

split-complementary

#AEC9CA #CAAEBB #CABDAE

monochromatic

#649799 #89B0B2 #AEC9CA #D3E2E2 #EDF3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#AEC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#AEC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9CA

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9CA	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.029 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9da',
    500: '#aec9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9ca;
$custom-light: #c6d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81615,
    "c": 0.02913,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9CA

secondary

#9F7F7E

accent

#49469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9CA

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

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