#ADD5EC#ADD5EC

#ADD5EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.053 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD5EC
RGB	rgb(173, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(202, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -7.98, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 17.52, 242.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0315 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.053 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1637, 62.5266, 88.4502)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD5EC #ECC4AD

analogous

#ADECE4 #ADD5EC #ADB5EC

triadic

#ADD5EC #ECADD5 #D5ECAD

tetradic

#ADD5EC #E4ADEC #ECC4AD #B5ECAD

square

#ADD5EC #E4ADEC #ECC4AD #B5ECAD

split-complementary

#ADD5EC #ECADB5 #ECE4AD

monochromatic

#4AA2D5 #7BBCE0 #ADD5EC #DFEEF8 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ADD5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#ADD5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD5EC

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD5EC	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.053 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1f2',
    500: '#add5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add5ec;
$custom-light: #c6e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.905,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85192,
    "c": 0.05295,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD5EC

secondary

#C99375

accent

#5B1BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD5EC

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

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