#AED9EC#AED9EC

#AED9EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.052 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED9EC
RGB	rgb(174, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -9.76, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 16.98, 234.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0358 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.052 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4042, 64.6782, 88.8002)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED9EC #ECC1AE

analogous

#AEECE0 #AED9EC #AEBAEC

triadic

#AED9EC #ECAED9 #D9ECAE

tetradic

#AED9EC #E0AEEC #ECC1AE #BAECAE

square

#AED9EC #E0AEEC #ECC1AE #BAECAE

split-complementary

#AED9EC #ECAEBA #ECE0AE

monochromatic

#4BAAD5 #7CC2E0 #AED9EC #E0F0F8 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#AED9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#AED9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED9EC

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED9EC	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.052 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f2',
    500: '#aed9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed9ec;
$custom-light: #c7e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86097,
    "c": 0.05211,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED9EC

secondary

#C98F75

accent

#511CCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED9EC

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

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