#ADC4E2#ADC4E2

#ADC4E2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.049 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC4E2
RGB	rgb(173, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 48%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(214, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -1.30, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 17.55, 265.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0127 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.049 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6973, 53.8536, 79.6604)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC4E2 #E2CBAD

analogous

#ADDEE2 #ADC4E2 #B0ADE2

triadic

#ADC4E2 #E2ADC4 #C4E2AD

tetradic

#ADC4E2 #E2ADDE #E2CBAD #ADE2B0

square

#ADC4E2 #E2ADDE #E2CBAD #ADE2B0

split-complementary

#ADC4E2 #E2B0AD #DEE2AD

monochromatic

#5383C2 #80A3D2 #ADC4E2 #DAE5F2 #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#ADC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#ADC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC4E2

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC4E2	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.049 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5eb',
    500: '#adc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc4e2;
$custom-light: #c6d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.962,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81294,
    "c": 0.04937,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC4E2

secondary

#BB9E78

accent

#7C2ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC4E2

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

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