#ADC8DC#ADC8DC

#ADC8DC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.041 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC8DC
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -4.77, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 13.81, 249.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0202 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.041 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8026, 55.3586, 75.7049)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC8DC #DCC1AD

analogous

#ADDCD9 #ADC8DC #ADB1DC

triadic

#ADC8DC #DCADC8 #C8DCAD

tetradic

#ADC8DC #D9ADDC #DCC1AD #B1DCAD

square

#ADC8DC #D9ADDC #DCC1AD #B1DCAD

split-complementary

#ADC8DC #DCADB1 #DCD9AD

monochromatic

#578EB7 #82ABCA #ADC8DC #D8E5EE #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ADC8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#ADC8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC8DC

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC8DC	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.041 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8e6',
    500: '#adc8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc8dc;
$custom-light: #c6d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81917,
    "c": 0.04061,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC8DC

secondary

#B49279

accent

#6932B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC8DC

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

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