#ADD4E1#ADD4E1

#ADD4E1 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.045 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E1
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(195, 23%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -9.94, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 14.56, 226.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0343 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.045 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3637, 61.4055, 80.2076)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E1 #E1BAAD

analogous

#ADE1D4 #ADD4E1 #ADBAE1

triadic

#ADD4E1 #E1ADD4 #D4E1AD

tetradic

#ADD4E1 #D4ADE1 #E1BAAD #BAE1AD

square

#ADD4E1 #D4ADE1 #E1BAAD #BAE1AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E1 #E1ADBA #E1D4AD

monochromatic

#53A5C0 #80BDD1 #ADD4E1 #DAEBF1 #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#ADD4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#ADD4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E1

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E1	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.045 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1ea',
    500: '#add4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e1;
$custom-light: #c6e1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84612,
    "c": 0.04489,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E1

secondary

#BA8978

accent

#4F2CBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E1

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

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