#AEC9CD#AEC9CD

#AEC9CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.030 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC9CD
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(188, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -8.21, -5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 9.64, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0263 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.03 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3588, 55.1785, 65.7957)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC9CD #CDB2AE

analogous

#AECDC2 #AEC9CD #AEBACD

triadic

#AEC9CD #CDAEC9 #C9CDAE

tetradic

#AEC9CD #C2AECD #CDB2AE #BACDAE

square

#AEC9CD #C2AECD #CDB2AE #BACDAE

split-complementary

#AEC9CD #CDAEBA #CDC2AE

monochromatic

#62979E #88B0B6 #AEC9CD #D4E2E4 #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#AEC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#AEC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC9CD

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC9CD	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.030 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9dc',
    500: '#aec9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec9cd;
$custom-light: #c6d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81708,
    "c": 0.02964,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC9CD

secondary

#A2827D

accent

#5043A2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC9CD

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

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