#AADCED#AADCED

#AADCED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.057 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AADCED
RGB	rgb(170, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(195, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -12.23, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 18.25, 227.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.043 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.057 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4521, 65.8443, 89.7864)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AADCED #EDBBAA

analogous

#AAEDDD #AADCED #AABBED

triadic

#AADCED #EDAADC #DCEDAA

tetradic

#AADCED #DDAAED #EDBBAA #BBEDAA

square

#AADCED #DDAAED #EDBBAA #BBEDAA

split-complementary

#AADCED #EDAABB #EDDDAA

monochromatic

#45B2D8 #77C7E2 #AADCED #DDF1F8 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AADCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#AADCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AADCED

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AADCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AADCED	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95E2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aadced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.057 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e6f2',
    500: '#aadced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aadced;
$custom-light: #c5e6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aadced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.224,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86521,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AADCED

secondary

#CA8871

accent

#4619CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #AADCED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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