#AED8FF

sRGB: 174 / 216 / 255

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions echo between distant mountains
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#AED8FF belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 216 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 208.9° lands in the azure region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (14.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 216, 255
HSL: 208.89°, 100.00%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 208.89°, 31.76%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 31.76%, 15.29%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.058, 65.329, 104.056
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.653, -4.791, -23.446
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65330
24-bit decimal: 11458815

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 #AED8FF 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: 14.07:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

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

#FFD5AE sits half a turn (180°) from #AED8FF 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.

#AED8FF #FFD5AE

Analogous

#AEFFFE and #AEAFFF sit 30° to either side of #AED8FF. 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.

#AEFFFE #AED8FF #AEAFFF

Triadic

#AED8FF, #FFAED8 and #D8FFAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AED8FF #FFAED8 #D8FFAE

Split complementary

Start at #AED8FF and look across the wheel. #FFAEAF and #FFFEAE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AED8FF #FFAEAF #FFFEAE

Square

Starting with #AED8FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FEAEFF, #FFD5AE, then #AFFFAE. Across the square, #AED8FF pairs with #FFD5AE, and #FEAEFF with #AFFFAE.

#AED8FF #FEAEFF #FFD5AE #AFFFAE

Tetradic

#AED8FF and #FFD5AE are opposites, as are #D5AEFF and #D8FFAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AED8FF #D5AEFF #FFD5AE #D8FFAE

Tints

Mixing #AED8FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEE0FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFF7FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#AED8FF #BEE0FF #CEE8FF #DFEFFF #EFF7FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AED8FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8BADCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #232B33, the mixture is 80% black.

#AED8FF #8BADCC #688299 #465666 #232B33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AED8FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5C6E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #899299, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AED8FF #A5C6E6 #9CB5CC #92A3B3 #899299 #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

#AED8FF

RGB

rgb(174 216 255)

HSL

hsl(208.889 100.000% 84.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AED8FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AED8FF uses 174 red, 216 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 84.7%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AED8FF is 31.8% cyan, 15.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 31.8%

Magenta 15.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AADDFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ADF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AED8FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AADDFF Nearest web-safe: #99CCFF

Gradient to complement

#AED8FF #BCD8F2 #C9D7E4 #D7D7D7 #E4D6C9 #F2D6BC #FFD5AE

Color vision previews

Compare how #AED8FF 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.

#C9D8FF

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.

#BFD0FE

Tritanopia

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

#95E1E5

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.

#BFD7FF

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.

#BAD3FF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ABDAF6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#C2D6EA

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 0.68669 B 1.00000

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 0.71526 G 0.84225 B 0.98556

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.47003 G 0.67794 B 0.96746

CIE xyY

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

x 0.262 y 0.285 Y 65.329

CMY

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

C % 31.765 M % 15.294 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

10101110 11011000 11111111