#ADC8EA#ADC8EA

#ADC8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.056 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC8EA
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(213, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -1.59, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 19.87, 265.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0152 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.056 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7350, 56.1315, 85.8819)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC8EA #EACFAD

analogous

#ADE6EA #ADC8EA #B1ADEA

triadic

#ADC8EA #EAADC8 #C8EAAD

tetradic

#ADC8EA #EAADE6 #EACFAD #ADEAB1

square

#ADC8EA #EAADE6 #EACFAD #ADEAB1

split-complementary

#ADC8EA #EAB1AD #E6EAAD

monochromatic

#4C87D1 #7CA7DE #ADC8EA #DEE9F6 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ADC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#ADC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC8EA

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC8EA	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CCFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.056 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8f0',
    500: '#adc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc8ea;
$custom-light: #c6d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.443,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82411,
    "c": 0.05626,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC8EA

secondary

#C6A275

accent

#7C1FC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC8EA

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

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