#AFE3D6Ice Cube (#AFE3D6) is a very light, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 178°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.056. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #AFE3D6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(175, 227, 214) |
| HSL | hsl(165, 48%, 79%) |
| HSV | hsv(165, 23%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(23%, 0%, 6%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.5 -19.3 0.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.876 0.056 178) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Ice Cube shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#bbdec8 — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#b8e4d1 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward green#afe3d6 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#aee4d9 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward sky blueTest Ice Cube 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 1.42:1 and against black 14.78:1, 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.
#cdfef2 · #afe3d6 · #80ada2 · #5e867c · #3e6159 · #203f38
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.
#d8f9ff · #b0f3f1 · #afe3d6 · #9bd1b5 · #96bb98 · #91a57f
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.
#afe3d6 · #9fbbca · #6ba497 · #46829d · #33685c · #294653
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.
#afe3d6 · #a5b8b3 · #b57c8f · #385951 · #1d3b34 · #0b1e1a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#afe3d6 · #bfb7b9 · #798581 · #524c4e · #162320 · #020101
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.
#afe3d6 · #8aa49d · #294942 · #052c25 · #000805 · #e54f8f
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#afe3d6 · #8aa49d · #294942 · #052c25 · #000805 · #f0bb4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#f0f1cb · #afe3d6 · #a6cfa4 · #bf75ad · #483a60 · #150622
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#afe3d6 · #c6b4b9 · #967594 · #713d36 · #2f132f · #050000
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#afe3d6 · #bbb7c6 · #867aa1 · #6c4321 · #341700 · #020006
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#afe3d6 · #b3b9c8 · #7281a6 · #6e3b4e · #2a1e00 · #040001
#B9E7DB · #C3EAE0 · #CDEEE5 · #D7F2EB · #E1F5F0
#8BBAAE · #699288 · #486D64 · #2A4942 · #0D2823
#B8E0D6 · #C1DED6 · #C9DBD6
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.