#AED7EAAriel (#AED7EA) is a very light, muted sky blue with an OKLCH hue of 228°, lightness 0.86 and chroma 0.05. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #AED7EA |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 215, 234) |
| HSL | hsl(199, 59%, 80%) |
| HSV | hsv(199, 26%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26%, 8%, 0%, 8%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(83.7 -9.2 -13.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.856 0.050 228) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Ariel shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#b9d2db — ΔE 2.3, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green, loses intensity#b6d8e5 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green#aed7ea — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#aed8ed — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward blueTest Ariel in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.53:1 and against black 13.71:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#e2f6ff · #aed7ea · #84a8b9 · #628291 · #425e6b · #233c47
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#b1e8f4 · #aed7ea · #96c2e7 · #91abd4 · #8c94be · #857fa6
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#aed7ea · #abaec8 · #6699b0 · #6a6f9f · #2f5e71 · #383a52
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#aed7ea · #ca957a · #5e6e75 · #33515e · #19333e · #07171e
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#aed7ea · #b9b1ad · #747f84 · #4f4a47 · #152025 · #030100
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e5f5fc · #aed7ea · #8ea2ac · #102c37 · #000911 · #f08040
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ecf0ca · #aed7ea · #d4915b · #737aa5 · #563531 · #041010
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#aed7ea · #c0afa7 · #9e6f70 · #614513 · #370f13 · #100600
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#aed7ea · #bfadb5 · #986f84 · #4f4e17 · #212000 · #040002
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#aed7ea · #b9afbd · #8c7295 · #6c3e25 · #0d2504 · #0f0200
#B8DCED · #C3E2F0 · #CDE7F3 · #D7EDF7 · #E2F2FA
#8BB0C1 · #6A8A99 · #4A6673 · #2C444F · #10252E
#B6D6E4 · #BDD4DF · #C4D2D9
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.