#ADAEE6#ADAEE6

#ADAEE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.080 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEE6
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(239, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(239, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 11.62, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 30.45, 292.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0187 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.08 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6490, 44.8686, 81.0503)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEE6 #E6E5AD

analogous

#ADCBE6 #ADAEE6 #C9ADE6

triadic

#ADAEE6 #E6ADAE #AEE6AD

tetradic

#ADAEE6 #E6ADCB #E6E5AD #ADE6C9

square

#ADAEE6 #E6ADCB #E6E5AD #ADE6C9

split-complementary

#ADAEE6 #E6C9AD #CBE6AD

monochromatic

#4F51C9 #7E80D8 #ADAEE6 #DCDCF4 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ADAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#ADAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEE6

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEE6	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.080 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6ee',
    500: '#adaee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaee6;
$custom-light: #c6c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.947,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.07971,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEE6

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#BE25C1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEE6

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

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