#ADD5EB#ADD5EB

#ADD5EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.052 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD5EB
RGB	rgb(173, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(201, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -8.21, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 17.19, 241.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0319 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.052 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0188, 62.4687, 87.6872)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD5EB #EBC3AD

analogous

#ADEBE2 #ADD5EB #ADB6EB

triadic

#ADD5EB #EBADD5 #D5EBAD

tetradic

#ADD5EB #E2ADEB #EBC3AD #B6EBAD

square

#ADD5EB #E2ADEB #EBC3AD #B6EBAD

split-complementary

#ADD5EB #EBADB6 #EBE2AD

monochromatic

#4BA3D3 #7CBCDF #ADD5EB #DEEEF7 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#ADD5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#ADD5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD5EB

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD5EB	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.052 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1f1',
    500: '#add5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add5eb;
$custom-light: #c6e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85158,
    "c": 0.05211,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD5EB

secondary

#C79275

accent

#5A1DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD5EB

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

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