Flowing Aurora until Springing

#aaf8f6 RGB(170,248,246)

About this color

Flowing Aurora until Springing occupies the very light, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #aaf8f6 — RGB(170, 248, 246).

#aaf8f6RGB(170, 248, 246)

HSL 178° · 85% saturation · 82% lightness

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Psychology

Light cyans evoke shallow water, clear sky, and digital interfaces — clean, modern, airy.

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History

Cerulean, a blue-green pigment introduced in the nineteenth century, became important to Impressionist painters for capturing sky and water with unprecedented freshness.

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Design use

In design practice, this very light shade works best as page backgrounds, input fields, and hover states — contexts where colour informs rather than dominates. Pair with deeper tones of the same family for clear visual hierarchy.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, combine this cyan with coral and warm white for a fresh, modern palette, or with deep navy and charcoal for a more serious, technical feel.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Flowing Aurora until Springing
HEX
#aaf8f6
RGB
rgb(170,248,246)
RGB%
rgb(66.7%,97.3%,96.5%)
HSL
hsl(178,85%,82%)
HSV
hsv(178,31%,97%)
CMYK
cmyk(31,0,1,3)
LAB
lab(93,-24,-7)
LCH
lch(93,25,196)
sRGB
(0.667,0.973,0.965)
HEX8
#aaf8f6ff
CSS Name
Decimal
170248246

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Color info

Lightness
82%
Saturation
85%
Hue
178°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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