#ADC8EC#ADC8EC

#ADC8EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.059 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC8EC
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -1.13, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 20.81, 266.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0145 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.059 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0239, 56.2471, 87.4036)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC8EC #ECD1AD

analogous

#ADE7EC #ADC8EC #B2ADEC

triadic

#ADC8EC #ECADC8 #C8ECAD

tetradic

#ADC8EC #ECADE7 #ECD1AD #ADECB2

square

#ADC8EC #ECADE7 #ECD1AD #ADECB2

split-complementary

#ADC8EC #ECB2AD #E7ECAD

monochromatic

#4A85D5 #7BA7E0 #ADC8EC #DFE9F8 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#ADC8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#ADC8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC8EC

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC8EC	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.059 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8f2',
    500: '#adc8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc8ec;
$custom-light: #c6d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82484,
    "c": 0.05871,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC8EC

secondary

#C9A575

accent

#7F1BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC8EC

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

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