#ADD5EA#ADD5EA

#ADD5EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.051 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD5EA
RGB	rgb(173, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(201, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -8.44, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 16.88, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0323 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.051 231)
XYZ	xyz(55.8747, 62.4111, 86.9285)
Luminance	0.6241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD5EA #EAC2AD

analogous

#ADEAE1 #ADD5EA #ADB7EA

triadic

#ADD5EA #EAADD5 #D5EAAD

tetradic

#ADD5EA #E1ADEA #EAC2AD #B7EAAD

square

#ADD5EA #E1ADEA #EAC2AD #B7EAAD

split-complementary

#ADD5EA #EAADB7 #EAE1AD

monochromatic

#4CA3D1 #7CBCDE #ADD5EA #DEEEF6 #E7F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#ADD5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#ADD5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD5EA

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD5EA	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.051 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1f0',
    500: '#add5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add5ea;
$custom-light: #c6e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85124,
    "c": 0.05129,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.62413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD5EA

secondary

#C69175

accent

#591FC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD5EA

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

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