#AED8ED#AED8ED

#AED8ED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.053 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED8ED
RGB	rgb(174, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(200, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -9.02, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 17.32, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0341 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.053 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2929, 64.2225, 89.4818)
Luminance	0.6422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED8ED #EDC3AE

analogous

#AEEDE2 #AED8ED #AEB8ED

triadic

#AED8ED #EDAED8 #D8EDAE

tetradic

#AED8ED #E2AEED #EDC3AE #B8EDAE

square

#AED8ED #E2AEED #EDC3AE #B8EDAE

split-complementary

#AED8ED #EDAEB8 #EDE2AE

monochromatic

#4AA8D7 #7CC0E2 #AED8ED #E0F0F8 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AED8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#AED8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED8ED

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED8ED	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.053 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f2',
    500: '#aed8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed8ed;
$custom-light: #c7e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85921,
    "c": 0.05281,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED8ED

secondary

#CA9175

accent

#551ACB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED8ED

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

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