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#aef9ff

a light, electric cyan · cool · closest name: skyblue

RGB
174, 249, 255
HSL
184°, 100%, 84%
CMYK
32, 2, 0, 0
Luminance
0.8397

Every format

HEX#aef9ff
RGBrgb(174, 249, 255)
HSLhsl(184, 100%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 2%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(93.4 -21.5 -10.2)
LCHlch(93.4 23.8 205.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.935 0.074 202.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aef9ff;
background-color: #aef9ff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aef9ff] bg-[#aef9ff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aef9ff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.976, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aef9ff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aef9ff on white: 1.18:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aef9ff on black: 17.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green97.6%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.8%
Magenta2.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#aef9ff text on a black background

contrast 17.79:1

Card sample

#aef9ff text on a white background

contrast 1.18:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aef9ff;
Background color
Panel with #aef9ff background
background-color: #aef9ff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aef9ff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 249, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 249, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aef9ff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aef9ff, #AEC3FF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aef9ff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aef9ff in the Color Lab