#AED8EF#AED8EF

#AED8EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.054 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED8EF
RGB	rgb(174, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(201, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -8.56, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 17.93, 241.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0334 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.054 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.5868, 64.3400, 91.0293)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED8EF #EFC5AE

analogous

#AEEFE5 #AED8EF #AEB7EF

triadic

#AED8EF #EFAED8 #D8EFAE

tetradic

#AED8EF #E5AEEF #EFC5AE #B7EFAE

square

#AED8EF #E5AEEF #EFC5AE #B7EFAE

split-complementary

#AED8EF #EFAEB7 #EFE5AE

monochromatic

#48A7DB #7BBFE5 #AED8EF #E1F1F9 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#AED8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#AED8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED8EF

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED8EF	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.054 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f4',
    500: '#aed8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed8ef;
$custom-light: #c7e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.231,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85989,
    "c": 0.05443,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED8EF

secondary

#CD9474

accent

#5817CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED8EF

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

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