#ADD4E3#ADD4E3

#ADD4E3 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.046 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E3
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(197, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -9.50, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 15.00, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0336 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.046 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6382, 61.5152, 81.6530)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E3 #E3BCAD

analogous

#ADE3D7 #ADD4E3 #ADB9E3

triadic

#ADD4E3 #E3ADD4 #D4E3AD

tetradic

#ADD4E3 #D7ADE3 #E3BCAD #B9E3AD

square

#ADD4E3 #D7ADE3 #E3BCAD #B9E3AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E3 #E3ADB9 #E3D7AD

monochromatic

#52A4C4 #7FBCD3 #ADD4E3 #DBECF3 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#ADD4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#ADD4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E3

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E3	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.046 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1eb',
    500: '#add4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e3;
$custom-light: #c6e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84677,
    "c": 0.0461,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E3

secondary

#BD8B77

accent

#5229BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E3

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

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