#ADD4E5#ADD4E5

#ADD4E5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.047 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E5
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(198, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -9.05, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 15.50, 234.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0328 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.047 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9158, 61.6263, 83.1152)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E5 #E5BEAD

analogous

#ADE5DA #ADD4E5 #ADB8E5

triadic

#ADD4E5 #E5ADD4 #D4E5AD

tetradic

#ADD4E5 #DAADE5 #E5BEAD #B8E5AD

square

#ADD4E5 #DAADE5 #E5BEAD #B8E5AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E5 #E5ADB8 #E5DAAD

monochromatic

#50A3C8 #7FBCD6 #ADD4E5 #DBECF4 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#ADD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#ADD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E5

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E5	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.047 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1ed',
    500: '#add4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e5;
$custom-light: #c6e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.214,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84744,
    "c": 0.04745,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E5

secondary

#BF8D77

accent

#5526BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E5

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

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