#ADCED9#ADCED9

#ADCED9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.038 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCED9
RGB	rgb(173, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(195, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -8.58, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 12.51, 226.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0294 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.038 220)
XYZ	xyz(51.8258, 58.0350, 74.1035)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCED9 #D9B8AD

analogous

#ADD9CE #ADCED9 #ADB8D9

triadic

#ADCED9 #D9ADCE #CED9AD

tetradic

#ADCED9 #CEADD9 #D9B8AD #B8D9AD

square

#ADCED9 #CEADD9 #D9B8AD #B8D9AD

split-complementary

#ADCED9 #D9ADB8 #D9CEAD

monochromatic

#599CB2 #83B5C6 #ADCED9 #D7E7EC #EAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ADCED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#ADCED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCED9

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCED9	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.038 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dde4',
    500: '#adced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adced9;
$custom-light: #c6dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83081,
    "c": 0.03841,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.58037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCED9

secondary

#B0887A

accent

#5436B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCED9

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

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