#ADD4E8#ADD4E8

#ADD4E8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.050 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E8
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(200, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -8.37, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 16.35, 239.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0317 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.05 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3383, 61.7953, 85.3402)
Luminance	0.6180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E8 #E8C1AD

analogous

#ADE8DF #ADD4E8 #ADB7E8

triadic

#ADD4E8 #E8ADD4 #D4E8AD

tetradic

#ADD4E8 #DFADE8 #E8C1AD #B7E8AD

square

#ADD4E8 #DFADE8 #E8C1AD #B7E8AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E8 #E8ADB7 #E8DFAD

monochromatic

#4DA2CD #7DBBDB #ADD4E8 #DDEDF5 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ADD4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#ADD4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E8

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E8	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CBE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.050 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1ef',
    500: '#add4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e8;
$custom-light: #c6e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.339,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84845,
    "c": 0.04971,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E8

secondary

#C39076

accent

#5922C4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E8

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

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