#AEE8F9#AEE8F9

#AEE8F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.063 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE8F9
RGB	rgb(174, 232, 249)
HSL	hsl(194, 86%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(194, 30%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -14.45, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 20.24, 224.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0499 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.063 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.4056, 73.5483, 100.4595)
Luminance	0.7355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE8F9 #F9BFAE

analogous

#AEF9E4 #AEE8F9 #AEC2F9

triadic

#AEE8F9 #F9AEE8 #E8F9AE

tetradic

#AEE8F9 #E4AEF9 #F9BFAE #C2F9AE

square

#AEE8F9 #E4AEF9 #F9BFAE #C2F9AE

split-complementary

#AEE8F9 #F9AEC2 #F9E4AE

monochromatic

#3CC8F1 #75D8F5 #AEE8F9 #E3F7FD #E3F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#AEE8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#AEE8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE8F9

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE8F9	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE4FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0DBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95EEED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 232, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.063 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8effb',
    500: '#aee8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee8f9;
$custom-light: #c8effb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89705,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE8F9

secondary

#DC8870

accent

#3603E3

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFF

border

#D2D6D7

text

#131617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE8F9

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

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