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Pale Blue
#AED3F4

Pale Blue (#AED3F4) with RGB(174, 211, 244) and HSL(208, 76%, 82%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

CyanPastelcool
Interactive

UI Sandbox

Project Dashboard
Active theme: Pale Blue
Values

Production-ready color values

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HEX
#AED3F4
RGB
rgb(174, 211, 244)
HSL
hsl(208, 76%, 82%)
HSV
hsv(208, 29%, 96%)
CMYK
cmyk(29%, 14%, 0%, 4%)
Decimal
11457524
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
1.56:1
Aa
On black
13.42:1
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
FAIL
Text
1.56:1
On Black
WCAG AA PASS
Text
13.42:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

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Analysis

Design expert profile

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Pale Blue (#AED3F4) with RGB(174, 211, 244) and HSL(208, 76%, 82%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
cyanpastelcoolhex-aed3f4h-208s-76l-82
Region

Language

Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Pale Blue */
color: #AED3F4;
background-color: #AED3F4;
border-color: #AED3F4;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #aed3f440;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#AED3F4] text-[#AED3F4] border-[#AED3F4] ring-[#AED3F4]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.827, blue: 0.957)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFFAED3F4)
Android XML
<color name="pale_blue">#AED3F4</color>
React Native
{ color: '#AED3F4' }
Social Media

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Brand Match

Closest real-world color

Sherwin-Williams
Sea Salt
SW 6204 · #B2D8D8
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About

About Pale Blue

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Meaning
Pale Blue sits in the cyan family with a pastel tone, so it opens softer surface systems. It reads as calm, credible, and interface-friendly.
Applications
Pale Blue (#AED3F4) with RGB(174, 211, 244) and HSL(208, 76%, 82%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as foreground color on dark interfaces and dense contrast surfaces.
Family
Cyan
Tone
Pastel
Temperature
cool
Keywords
cyan, pastel, cool, hex-aed3f4, h-208, s-76
Conversion

Color conversions

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HEX
#AED3F4
RGB
rgb(174, 211, 244)
HSL
hsl(208, 76%, 82%)
HSV
hsv(208, 29%, 96%)
CMYK
cmyk(29%, 14%, 0%, 4%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

900
#051524
800
#092843
700
#0F4370
600
#155E9D
500
#1C79CA
400
#3592E3
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

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Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#BEBEEC
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#BCB9EA
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#B0E6E4
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
1.56:1
Fails normal and large text guidance.
Aa
On black
13.42:1
AAA passes for normal text.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

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Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Pale Blue
Closest standard CSS name to #AED3F4 for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-cyan-pastel
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
cyan-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #AED3F4 as the core value.
HSL token
208 76% 82%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.