#AED9EB#AED9EB

#AED9EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.051 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED9EB
RGB	rgb(174, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -9.99, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 16.72, 233.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0362 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.051 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2593, 64.6202, 88.0371)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED9EB #EBC0AE

analogous

#AEEBDE #AED9EB #AEBAEB

triadic

#AED9EB #EBAED9 #D9EBAE

tetradic

#AED9EB #DEAEEB #EBC0AE #BAEBAE

square

#AED9EB #DEAEEB #EBC0AE #BAEBAE

split-complementary

#AED9EB #EBAEBA #EBDEAE

monochromatic

#4CABD3 #7DC2DF #AED9EB #DFF0F7 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#AED9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#AED9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED9EB

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED9EB	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.051 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f1',
    500: '#aed9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed9eb;
$custom-light: #c7e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86064,
    "c": 0.05141,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED9EB

secondary

#C78E76

accent

#501DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED9EB

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

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