#ADC8EE#ADC8EE

#ADC8EE is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.061 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC8EE
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 66%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -0.66, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 21.76, 268.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0138 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.061 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3161, 56.3640, 88.9425)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC8EE #EED3AD

analogous

#ADE8EE #ADC8EE #B2ADEE

triadic

#ADC8EE #EEADC8 #C8EEAD

tetradic

#ADC8EE #EEADE8 #EED3AD #ADEEB2

square

#ADC8EE #EEADE8 #EED3AD #ADEEB2

split-complementary

#ADC8EE #EEB2AD #E8EEAD

monochromatic

#4884D9 #7AA6E3 #ADC8EE #E0EAF9 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#ADC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#ADC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC8EE

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC8EE	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BD0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.061 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8f3',
    500: '#adc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc8ee;
$custom-light: #c6d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82558,
    "c": 0.06118,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC8EE

secondary

#CBA774

accent

#8218CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC8EE

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

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