#AAD8EA#AAD8EA

#AAD8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.054 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD8EA
RGB	rgb(170, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(197, 27%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -10.86, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 17.49, 231.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.039 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.054 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9802, 63.5959, 87.1516)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD8EA #EABCAA

analogous

#AAEADC #AAD8EA #AAB8EA

triadic

#AAD8EA #EAAAD8 #D8EAAA

tetradic

#AAD8EA #DCAAEA #EABCAA #B8EAAA

square

#AAD8EA #DCAAEA #EABCAA #B8EAAA

split-complementary

#AAD8EA #EAAAB8 #EADCAA

monochromatic

#48ABD2 #79C1DE #AAD8EA #DBEFF6 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#AAD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD8EA

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD8EA	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.054 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e4f0',
    500: '#aad8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad8ea;
$custom-light: #c4e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85571,
    "c": 0.05401,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD8EA

secondary

#C68A72

accent

#4D1DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD8EA

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

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