#AED3DB

sRGB: 174 / 211 / 219

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions flicker through endless evenings
Fierce revelations defy the passing ages

#AED3DB belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 211 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 190.7° lands in the cyan region. Its 38.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.1% 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 (13.14:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 211, 219
HSL: 190.67°, 38.46%, 77.06%
HSV / HSB: 190.67°, 20.55%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 20.55%, 3.65%, 0.00%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.533, 60.701, 75.916
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.218, -10.431, -7.993
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60702
24-bit decimal: 11457499

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 #AED3DB 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: 13.14:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.60:1

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

#DBB6AE sits half a turn (180°) from #AED3DB 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.

#AED3DB #DBB6AE

Analogous

#AEDBCD and #AEBCDB sit 30° to either side of #AED3DB. 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.

#AEDBCD #AED3DB #AEBCDB

Triadic

#AED3DB, #DBAED3 and #D3DBAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AED3DB #DBAED3 #D3DBAE

Split complementary

Start at #AED3DB and look across the wheel. #DBAEBC and #DBCDAE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AED3DB #DBAEBC #DBCDAE

Square

Starting with #AED3DB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDAEDB, #DBB6AE, then #BCDBAE. Across the square, #AED3DB pairs with #DBB6AE, and #CDAEDB with #BCDBAE.

#AED3DB #CDAEDB #DBB6AE #BCDBAE

Tetradic

#AED3DB and #DBB6AE are opposites, as are #B6AEDB and #D3DBAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AED3DB #B6AEDB #DBB6AE #D3DBAE

Tints

Mixing #AED3DB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEDCE2, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFF6F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#AED3DB #BEDCE2 #CEE5E9 #DFEDF1 #EFF6F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AED3DB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8BA9AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #232A2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#AED3DB #8BA9AF #687F83 #465458 #232A2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #AED3DB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5C2C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #899192, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AED3DB #A5C2C9 #9CB2B7 #92A1A4 #899192 #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

#AED3DB

RGB

rgb(174 211 219)

HSL

hsl(190.667 38.462% 77.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AED3DB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AED3DB uses 174 red, 211 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 82.7%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AED3DB is 20.5% cyan, 3.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.5%

Magenta 3.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AACCDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ACD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AED3DB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AACCDD Nearest web-safe: #99CCCC

Gradient to complement

#AED3DB #B6CED4 #BDC9CC #C5C5C5 #CCC0BD #D4BBB6 #DBB6AE

Color vision previews

Compare how #AED3DB 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.

#CCD0DC

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.

#C4CADB

Tritanopia

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

#A1D7D5

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.

#C2D0DB

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.

#BECDDB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ADD4D9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CCCCCC

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.

#BED0D4

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 0.65141 B 0.70838

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 0.71097 G 0.82316 B 0.85397

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.46377 G 0.64383 B 0.69938

CIE xyY

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

x 0.282 y 0.319 Y 60.701

CMY

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

C % 31.765 M % 17.255 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

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

10101110 11010011 11011011