#aedde9

Color #aedde9

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 2.28 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aedde9

RGB

rgb(174, 221, 233)

HSL

hsl(192.2, 57.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.2, 25.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(85.3, -12.49, -10.85)

LCH

lch(85.3, 16.54, 220.98)

OKLCH

oklch(86.8%, 0.0514, 215.02)

HWB

hwb(192.2, 68.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9baae

Analogous

#aee9d7

#aedde9

#aebfe9

Triadic

#aedde9

#e9aedd

#dde9ae

Split-complementary

#aedde9

#e9aebf

#e9d7ae

Tetradic

#aedde9

#baaee9

#e9baae

#dde9ae

Square

#aedde9

#d7aee9

#e9baae

#bfe9ae

Shades

Color #aedde9 mixed toward black.

#79c7db

#43b0cc

#2b88a0

#1d5b6b

#0e2d35

Tints

Color #aedde9 mixed toward white.

#bbe3ed

#c9e8f0

#d6eef4

#e4f4f8

#f1f9fb

Tones

Color #aedde9 mixed toward gray.

#b3dae4

#b8d7df

#bdd4da

#c2d1d5

#c7ced0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c5e6 · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#c1bee5 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#b1e4e3 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 14.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aedde9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aedde9]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#aedde9 (#aedde9) is rgb(174, 221, 233) in RGB.

No, #aedde9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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