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#AECECB — Light Dusty Teal

#AECECB 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 #AECECB 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.

#AECECB 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 #CFAFB3; it also sits naturally between #AFCFBC and #AFC2CF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AECECB · RGB 174, 206, 203

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Color values

HEX#AECECB
RGB174, 206, 203
HSL174°, 25%, 75%
HSV174°, 16%, 81%
CMYK16%, 0%, 1%, 19%
XYZ50.31, 57.45, 64.94
Yxy57.45, 0.2913, 0.3327
CIE-Lab80.43, -11.21, -2.08
Hunter Lab75.80, -10.29, -1.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 81% · Blue 80%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AECECB

.text { color: #AECECB; }
.background { background-color: #AECECB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AECECB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 206, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(174, 25%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AECECB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 206, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AECECB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 206, 203, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AECECB

#99C2BE#83B4AF#6CA7A1#5A9690#4D807A#3D6662#30504D#223937#152322#080D0C

Tints of #AECECB

#B6D3D0#BCD7D4#C2DBD8#C9DEDC#D2E4E2#D9E8E7#DFECEB#E6F0EF#ECF4F3#F2F7F7

Tones of #AECECB

#B2CDCA#B4CBC8#B6C8C6#B8C6C5#BBC4C3#BDC2C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFAFB3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #AECECB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AECECB

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 #AECECB: ·

How #AECECB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBCCCDeuteranopia · #BAB8CCTritanopia · #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 #AECECB rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#ADCCC7#ABCECF#AACFCF#A7D0CD#B3C8CF#AED6CF#A6CDC6#B4D6CD#A5C9CA#A7C8C6#B8CFCE#ADC4CE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AECECA  ·  #AECECC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AECECB?

#AECECB is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 206, 203). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AECECB?

#AECECB is RGB 174, 206, 203 — HSL 174°, 25%, 75% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 1%, 19%.

What colors go with #AECECB?

Its complement is #CFAFB3; analogous partners are #AFCFBC and #AFC2CF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AECECB for text?

Black text on #AECECB has a contrast ratio of 12.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.