#ADCEF9#ADCEF9

#ADCEF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.070 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCEF9
RGB	rgb(173, 206, 249)
HSL	hsl(214, 86%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(214, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -1.24, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 24.70, 267.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0179 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.07 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3987, 59.8641, 98.1875)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCEF9 #F9D8AD

analogous

#ADF4F9 #ADCEF9 #B2ADF9

triadic

#ADCEF9 #F9ADCE #CEF9AD

tetradic

#ADCEF9 #F9ADF4 #F9D8AD #ADF9B2

square

#ADCEF9 #F9ADF4 #F9D8AD #ADF9B2

split-complementary

#ADCEF9 #F9B2AD #F4F9AD

monochromatic

#3B8AF1 #74ACF5 #ADCEF9 #E2EEFD #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ADCEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#ADCEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCEF9

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCEF9	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97D7DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 206, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.070 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7dcfb',
    500: '#adcef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcef9;
$custom-light: #c7dcfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.947,
    "s": 86.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84207,
    "c": 0.07013,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCEF9

secondary

#DBAC6F

accent

#8203E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCEF9

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

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