#ADD4EC#ADD4EC

#ADD4EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.053 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD4EC
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(203, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -7.46, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 17.65, 244.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0302 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.053 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9129, 62.0251, 88.3666)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD4EC #ECC5AD

analogous

#ADECE4 #ADD4EC #ADB4EC

triadic

#ADD4EC #ECADD4 #D4ECAD

tetradic

#ADD4EC #E4ADEC #ECC5AD #B4ECAD

square

#ADD4EC #E4ADEC #ECC5AD #B4ECAD

split-complementary

#ADD4EC #ECADB4 #ECE4AD

monochromatic

#4AA0D5 #7BBAE0 #ADD4EC #DFEEF8 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ADD4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#ADD4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD4EC

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD4EC	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.053 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1f2',
    500: '#add4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add4ec;
$custom-light: #c6e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84982,
    "c": 0.05309,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD4EC

secondary

#C99575

accent

#5E1BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD4EC

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

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