#AEDBD1

sRGB: 174 / 219 / 209

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations surrender to silence

#AEDBD1 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 219 green and 209 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 166.7° 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 (13.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 219, 209
HSL: 166.67°, 38.46%, 77.06%
HSV / HSB: 166.67°, 20.55%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 20.55%, 0.00%, 4.57%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.293, 64.264, 69.867
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.103, -16.613, 0.099
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64265
24-bit decimal: 11459537

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 #AEDBD1 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: 13.85:1

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

#DBAEB8 sits half a turn (180°) from #AEDBD1 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.

#AEDBD1 #DBAEB8

Analogous

#AEDBBA and #AECFDB sit 30° to either side of #AEDBD1. 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.

#AEDBBA #AEDBD1 #AECFDB

Triadic

#AEDBD1, #D1AEDB and #DBD1AE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AEDBD1 #D1AEDB #DBD1AE

Split complementary

Start at #AEDBD1 and look across the wheel. #DBAECF and #DBBAAE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AEDBD1 #DBAECF #DBBAAE

Square

Starting with #AEDBD1, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BAAEDB, #DBAEB8, then #CFDBAE. Across the square, #AEDBD1 pairs with #DBAEB8, and #BAAEDB with #CFDBAE.

#AEDBD1 #BAAEDB #DBAEB8 #CFDBAE

Tetradic

#AEDBD1 and #DBAEB8 are opposites, as are #AEB8DB and #DBD1AE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AEDBD1 #AEB8DB #DBAEB8 #DBD1AE

Tints

Mixing #AEDBD1 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEE2DA, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFF8F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#AEDBD1 #BEE2DA #CEE9E3 #DFF1ED #EFF8F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AEDBD1 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8BAFA7, keeps 80% of the original. By #232C2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#AEDBD1 #8BAFA7 #68837D #465854 #232C2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #AEDBD1 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5C9C1, keeps 80% of the original. By #899290, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AEDBD1 #A5C9C1 #9CB7B1 #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

#AEDBD1

RGB

rgb(174 219 209)

HSL

hsl(166.667 38.462% 77.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AEDBD1;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AEDBD1 uses 174 red, 219 green and 209 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 85.9%

Blue 82.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AEDBD1 is 20.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 4.6% 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 4.6%

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 #AEDBD1 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

#AEDBD1 #B6D4CD #BDCCC9 #C5C5C5 #CCBDC0 #D4B6BC #DBAEB8

Color vision previews

Compare how #AEDBD1 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.

#D7D5D1

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.

#CECFD2

Tritanopia

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

#A2DDD8

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.

#CAD7D1

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.

#C6D3D2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#AEDBD3

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.

#C1D6D1

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 0.63760

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 0.82044

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.47389 G 0.69891 B 0.63906

CIE xyY

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

x 0.288 y 0.341 Y 64.264

CMY

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

C % 31.765 M % 14.118 Y % 18.039

Binary RGB

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

10101110 11011011 11010001