#ADD4E4#ADD4E4

#ADD4E4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.047 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E4
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(197, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -9.27, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 15.24, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0332 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.047 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7766, 61.5706, 82.3819)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E4 #E4BDAD

analogous

#ADE4D8 #ADD4E4 #ADB8E4

triadic

#ADD4E4 #E4ADD4 #D4E4AD

tetradic

#ADD4E4 #D8ADE4 #E4BDAD #B8E4AD

square

#ADD4E4 #D8ADE4 #E4BDAD #B8E4AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E4 #E4ADB8 #E4D8AD

monochromatic

#51A4C6 #7FBCD5 #ADD4E4 #DBECF3 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#ADD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#ADD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E4

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E4	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.047 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1ec',
    500: '#add4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e4;
$custom-light: #c6e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.455,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84711,
    "c": 0.04675,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E4

secondary

#BE8C77

accent

#5328BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E4

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

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