#ADD4E6#ADD4E6

#ADD4E6 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.048 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E6
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(199, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -8.82, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 15.77, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0325 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.048 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0558, 61.6823, 83.8526)
Luminance	0.6168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E6 #E6BFAD

analogous

#ADE6DC #ADD4E6 #ADB8E6

triadic

#ADD4E6 #E6ADD4 #D4E6AD

tetradic

#ADD4E6 #DCADE6 #E6BFAD #B8E6AD

square

#ADD4E6 #DCADE6 #E6BFAD #B8E6AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E6 #E6ADB8 #E6DCAD

monochromatic

#4FA3C9 #7EBBD8 #ADD4E6 #DCEDF4 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ADD4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#ADD4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E6

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E6	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CBE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.048 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1ed',
    500: '#add4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e6;
$custom-light: #c6e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84778,
    "c": 0.04818,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E6

secondary

#C18E77

accent

#5625C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E6

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

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