#AEDBCF

sRGB: 174 / 219 / 207

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits echo beyond eternity

#AEDBCF belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 219 green and 207 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 164.0° lands in the green-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 (13.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 219, 207
HSL: 164.00°, 38.46%, 77.06%
HSV / HSB: 164.00°, 20.55%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 20.55%, 0.00%, 5.48%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.047, 64.166, 68.571
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.052, -17.021, 1.084
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64167
24-bit decimal: 11459535

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 #AEDBCF 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: 13.83:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.52:1

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

#DBAEBA sits half a turn (180°) from #AEDBCF 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.

#AEDBCF #DBAEBA

Analogous

#AEDBB9 and #AED1DB sit 30° to either side of #AEDBCF. 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.

#AEDBB9 #AEDBCF #AED1DB

Triadic

#AEDBCF, #CFAEDB and #DBCFAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AEDBCF #CFAEDB #DBCFAE

Split complementary

Start at #AEDBCF and look across the wheel. #DBAED1 and #DBB9AE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AEDBCF #DBAED1 #DBB9AE

Square

Starting with #AEDBCF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B9AEDB, #DBAEBA, then #D1DBAE. Across the square, #AEDBCF pairs with #DBAEBA, and #B9AEDB with #D1DBAE.

#AEDBCF #B9AEDB #DBAEBA #D1DBAE

Tetradic

#AEDBCF and #DBAEBA are opposites, as are #AEBADB and #DBCFAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AEDBCF #AEBADB #DBAEBA #DBCFAE

Tints

Mixing #AEDBCF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEE2D9, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFF8F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#AEDBCF #BEE2D9 #CEE9E2 #DFF1EC #EFF8F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AEDBCF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8BAFA6, keeps 80% of the original. By #232C29, the mixture is 80% black.

#AEDBCF #8BAFA6 #68837C #465853 #232C29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AEDBCF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5C9BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #899290, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AEDBCF #A5C9BF #9CB7AF #92A4A0 #899290 #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

#AEDBCF

RGB

rgb(174 219 207)

HSL

hsl(164.000 38.462% 77.059%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AEDBCF uses 174 red, 219 green and 207 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 85.9%

Blue 81.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AEDBCF is 20.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 5.5% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 5.5%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#AEDBCF #B6D4CC #BDCCC8 #C5C5C5 #CCBDC1 #D4B6BE #DBAEBA

Color vision previews

Compare how #AEDBCF 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.

#D7D5CF

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.

#CFCFD0

Tritanopia

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

#A3DCD7

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.

#CAD7CF

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.

#C6D3D0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#AEDBD2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D2D2D2

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.

#C1D6D0

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 0.70838 B 0.62396

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 0.71789 G 0.85372 B 0.81332

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.47389 G 0.69891 B 0.62664

CIE xyY

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

x 0.289 y 0.344 Y 64.166

CMY

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

C % 31.765 M % 14.118 Y % 18.824

Binary RGB

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

10101110 11011011 11001111