#AED8EA#AED8EA

#AED8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.051 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED8EA
RGB	rgb(174, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -9.70, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 16.48, 233.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0352 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.051 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8583, 64.0487, 87.1927)
Luminance	0.6405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED8EA #EAC0AE

analogous

#AEEADE #AED8EA #AEBAEA

triadic

#AED8EA #EAAED8 #D8EAAE

tetradic

#AED8EA #DEAEEA #EAC0AE #BAEAAE

square

#AED8EA #DEAEEA #EAC0AE #BAEAAE

split-complementary

#AED8EA #EAAEBA #EADEAE

monochromatic

#4DA9D1 #7DC1DD #AED8EA #DFEFF7 #E7F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AED8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#AED8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED8EA

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED8EA	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.051 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f0',
    500: '#aed8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed8ea;
$custom-light: #c7e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85819,
    "c": 0.05059,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED8EA

secondary

#C68E76

accent

#511FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED8EA

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

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