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#aec7df

a light, soft blue · cool · closest name: skyblue

RGB
174, 199, 223
HSL
209°, 43%, 78%
CMYK
22, 11, 0, 13
Luminance
0.5517

Every format

HEX#aec7df
RGBrgb(174, 199, 223)
HSLhsl(209, 43%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 11%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(79.1 -3.3 -14.7)
LCHlch(79.1 15.1 257.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.819 0.043 247.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aec7df;
background-color: #aec7df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aec7df] bg-[#aec7df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aec7df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.780, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aec7df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aec7df on white: 1.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aec7df on black: 12.03:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green78.0%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.0%
Magenta10.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#aec7df text on a black background

contrast 12.03:1

Card sample

#aec7df text on a white background

contrast 1.74:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aec7df;
Background color
Panel with #aec7df background
background-color: #aec7df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aec7df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 199, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 199, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aec7df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec7df, #B6AEDF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aec7df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aec7df in the Color Lab