#ADC4E8#ADC4E8

#ADC4E8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.057 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC4E8
RGB	rgb(173, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(217, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, 0.08, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 20.43, 270.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0106 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.057 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5350, 54.1887, 84.0725)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC4E8 #E8D1AD

analogous

#ADE2E8 #ADC4E8 #B4ADE8

triadic

#ADC4E8 #E8ADC4 #C4E8AD

tetradic

#ADC4E8 #E8ADE2 #E8D1AD #ADE8B4

square

#ADC4E8 #E8ADE2 #E8D1AD #ADE8B4

split-complementary

#ADC4E8 #E8B4AD #E2E8AD

monochromatic

#4D7FCD #7DA2DB #ADC4E8 #DDE6F5 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ADC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#ADC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC4E8

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC4E8	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DCBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.057 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5ef',
    500: '#adc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc4e8;
$custom-light: #c6d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.61,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81512,
    "c": 0.05687,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC4E8

secondary

#C3A576

accent

#8522C4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC4E8

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

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