#AED8EB#AED8EB

#AED8EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.051 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED8EB
RGB	rgb(174, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(199, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -9.47, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 16.75, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0349 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.051 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0024, 64.1063, 87.9515)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED8EB #EBC1AE

analogous

#AEEBE0 #AED8EB #AEB9EB

triadic

#AED8EB #EBAED8 #D8EBAE

tetradic

#AED8EB #E0AEEB #EBC1AE #B9EBAE

square

#AED8EB #E0AEEB #EBC1AE #B9EBAE

split-complementary

#AED8EB #EBAEB9 #EBE0AE

monochromatic

#4CA9D3 #7DC0DF #AED8EB #DFF0F7 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AED8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#AED8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED8EB

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED8EB	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.051 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f1',
    500: '#aed8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed8eb;
$custom-light: #c7e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85853,
    "c": 0.0513,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED8EB

secondary

#C78F76

accent

#531DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED8EB

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

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