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#AECDCC — Light Dusty Teal

#AECDCC is a teal color we call Light Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AECDCC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AECDCC is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CDADAE; it also sits naturally between #ADCDBC and #ADBECD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AECDCC · RGB 174, 205, 204

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Color values

HEX#AECDCC
RGB174, 205, 204
HSL178°, 24%, 74%
HSV178°, 15%, 80%
CMYK15%, 0%, 0%, 20%
XYZ50.19, 57.02, 65.49
Yxy57.02, 0.2906, 0.3302
CIE-Lab80.19, -10.49, -2.98
Hunter Lab75.51, -9.63, -2.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 80% · Blue 80%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AECDCC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AECDCC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AECDCC

.text { color: #AECDCC; }
.background { background-color: #AECDCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AECDCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 205, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(178, 24%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AECDCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 205, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AECDCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 205, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AECDCC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AECDCC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AECDCC

#97BFBE#81B1B0#6AA4A2#599190#4C7B7A#3E6564#304F4E#233938#152322#080D0C

Tints of #AECDCC

#B3D0D0#B9D4D3#C3DAD9#C9DEDD#D0E2E1#D6E6E5#DCEAE9#E6EFEF#ECF3F3#F2F7F7

Tones of #AECDCC

#AFCBCA#B1C8C7#B3C6C5#B6C3C3#B8C1C1#BBBFBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDADAE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.69:1 Fails
Against black text12.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #AECDCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AECDCC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AECDCC: ·

How #AECDCC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BBBCCCDeuteranopia · #BAB7CCTritanopia · #B0CCCC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AECDCC rather than the exact color:

Palette 80a3a2
#80A3A2 · #ABCECF · #C4DCE0 · #DAF4F5
Palette Adccc7
#ADCCC7 · #144C52 · #053220 · #D34C26
Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B
Palette B3c8cf
#B3C8CF · #BED7DC · #F1EEDC · #E5DDC5
Palette 89a8b2
#89A8B2 · #B3C8CF · #E5E1DA · #F1F0E8
Palette De8971
#DE8971 · #7B6079 · #A7D0CD · #FFE9D6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ABCECF#ADCCC7#AACFCF#B3C8CF#A7D0CD#ADC4CE#AED6CF#A6CDC6#A5C9CA#B8CFCE#A7C8C6#AACCD6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AECDCB  ·  #AECDCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AECDCC?

#AECDCC is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 205, 204). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AECDCC?

#AECDCC is RGB 174, 205, 204 — HSL 178°, 24%, 74% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #AECDCC?

Its complement is #CDADAE; analogous partners are #ADCDBC and #ADBECD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AECDCC for text?

Black text on #AECDCC has a contrast ratio of 12.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.69:1.