#AED8EC#AED8EC

#AED8EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.052 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED8EC
RGB	rgb(174, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(199, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -9.25, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 17.03, 237.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0345 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.052 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1473, 64.1642, 88.7145)
Luminance	0.6417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED8EC #ECC2AE

analogous

#AEECE1 #AED8EC #AEB9EC

triadic

#AED8EC #ECAED8 #D8ECAE

tetradic

#AED8EC #E1AEEC #ECC2AE #B9ECAE

square

#AED8EC #E1AEEC #ECC2AE #B9ECAE

split-complementary

#AED8EC #ECAEB9 #ECE1AE

monochromatic

#4BA8D5 #7CC0E0 #AED8EC #E0F0F8 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AED8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#AED8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED8EC

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED8EC	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.052 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f2',
    500: '#aed8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed8ec;
$custom-light: #c7e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85887,
    "c": 0.05204,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED8EC

secondary

#C99075

accent

#541CCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED8EC

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

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