#ADD4E9#ADD4E9

#ADD4E9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.051 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4E9
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(201, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -8.15, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 16.66, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0314 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.051 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4807, 61.8523, 86.0904)
Luminance	0.6185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4E9 #E9C2AD

analogous

#ADE9E0 #ADD4E9 #ADB6E9

triadic

#ADD4E9 #E9ADD4 #D4E9AD

tetradic

#ADD4E9 #E0ADE9 #E9C2AD #B6E9AD

square

#ADD4E9 #E0ADE9 #E9C2AD #B6E9AD

split-complementary

#ADD4E9 #E9ADB6 #E9E0AD

monochromatic

#4CA1CF #7DBBDC #ADD4E9 #DDEDF6 #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ADD4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#ADD4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4E9

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4E9	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.051 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1f0',
    500: '#add4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4e9;
$custom-light: #c6e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84879,
    "c": 0.05052,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4E9

secondary

#C59176

accent

#5A20C5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4E9

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

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