#ADD4E2#ADD4E2

#ADD4E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.045 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E2
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(196, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -9.72, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 14.77, 228.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.034 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.045 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.5006, 61.4602, 80.9282)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E2 #E2BBAD

analogous

#ADE2D5 #ADD4E2 #ADB9E2

triadic

#ADD4E2 #E2ADD4 #D4E2AD

tetradic

#ADD4E2 #D5ADE2 #E2BBAD #B9E2AD

square

#ADD4E2 #D5ADE2 #E2BBAD #B9E2AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E2 #E2ADB9 #E2D5AD

monochromatic

#53A5C2 #80BCD2 #ADD4E2 #DAECF2 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#ADD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#ADD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E2

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E2	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.045 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1eb',
    500: '#add4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e2;
$custom-light: #c6e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84644,
    "c": 0.04548,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E2

secondary

#BB8A78

accent

#512ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E2

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

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