#AEB2DF

sRGB: 174 / 178 / 223

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Restless constellations tremble in empty gardens
Fierce revelations echo beyond eternity

#AEB2DF belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 178 green and 223 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 235.1° lands in the blue region. Its 43.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.23:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 178, 223
HSL: 235.10°, 43.36%, 77.84%
HSV / HSB: 235.10°, 21.97%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 21.97%, 20.18%, 0.00%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 46.693, 46.167, 76.266
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.654, 8.088, -23.030
WCAG relative luminance: 0.46167
24-bit decimal: 11449055

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AEB2DF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.23:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.05:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DFDBAE sits half a turn (180°) from #AEB2DF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AEB2DF #DFDBAE

Analogous

#AECBDF and #C3AEDF sit 30° to either side of #AEB2DF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#AECBDF #AEB2DF #C3AEDF

Triadic

#AEB2DF, #DFAEB2 and #B2DFAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AEB2DF #DFAEB2 #B2DFAE

Split complementary

Start at #AEB2DF and look across the wheel. #DFC3AE and #CBDFAE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AEB2DF #DFC3AE #CBDFAE

Square

Starting with #AEB2DF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFAECB, #DFDBAE, then #AEDFC3. Across the square, #AEB2DF pairs with #DFDBAE, and #DFAECB with #AEDFC3.

#AEB2DF #DFAECB #DFDBAE #AEDFC3

Tetradic

#AEB2DF and #DFDBAE are opposites, as are #DBAEDF and #B2DFAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AEB2DF #DBAEDF #DFDBAE #B2DFAE

Tints

Mixing #AEB2DF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEC1E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFF0F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#AEB2DF #BEC1E5 #CED1EC #DFE0F2 #EFF0F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AEB2DF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8B8EB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #23242D, the mixture is 80% black.

#AEB2DF #8B8EB2 #686B86 #464759 #23242D #000000

Tones

Mixing #AEB2DF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5A8CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #898A93, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AEB2DF #A5A8CC #9C9EB9 #9294A6 #898A93 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AEB2DF

RGB

rgb(174 178 223)

HSL

hsl(235.102 43.363% 77.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AEB2DF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AEB2DF uses 174 red, 178 green and 223 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 69.8%

Blue 87.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AEB2DF is 22.0% cyan, 20.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 22.0%

Magenta 20.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAADD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AAD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AEB2DF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAADD Nearest web-safe: #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#AEB2DF #B6B9D7 #BEC0CF #C7C7C7 #CFCDBE #D7D4B6 #DFDBAE

Color vision previews

Compare how #AEB2DF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#A6B7E1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A4B3DE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A3BAC1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A9B5E0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A7B3DE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ACB5D5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B5B5B5

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B2B3CB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42327 G 0.44520 B 0.73791

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68517 G 0.69753 B 0.86042

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.42716 G 0.44447 B 0.71134

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.276 y 0.273 Y 46.167

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.765 M % 30.196 Y % 12.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101110 10110010 11011111