#ADCED8#ADCED8

#ADCED8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.038 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCED8
RGB	rgb(173, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(194, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -8.80, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 12.31, 224.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0298 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.038 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6961, 57.9831, 73.4205)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCED8 #D8B7AD

analogous

#ADD8CD #ADCED8 #ADB9D8

triadic

#ADCED8 #D8ADCE #CED8AD

tetradic

#ADCED8 #CDADD8 #D8B7AD #B9D8AD

square

#ADCED8 #CDADD8 #D8B7AD #B9D8AD

split-complementary

#ADCED8 #D8ADB9 #D8CDAD

monochromatic

#5A9CB1 #84B5C4 #ADCED8 #D6E7EC #EAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ADCED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#ADCED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCED8

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCED8	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.038 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dde4',
    500: '#adced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adced8;
$custom-light: #c6dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83048,
    "c": 0.03786,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCED8

secondary

#AF867A

accent

#5337AE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCED8

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

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