#ADD5EE#ADD5EE

#ADD5EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.055 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD5EE
RGB	rgb(173, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(203, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -7.52, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 18.19, 245.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0308 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.055 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4559, 62.6435, 89.9891)
Luminance	0.6265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD5EE #EEC6AD

analogous

#ADEEE6 #ADD5EE #ADB4EE

triadic

#ADD5EE #EEADD5 #D5EEAD

tetradic

#ADD5EE #E6ADEE #EEC6AD #B4EEAD

square

#ADD5EE #E6ADEE #EEC6AD #B4EEAD

split-complementary

#ADD5EE #EEADB4 #EEE6AD

monochromatic

#48A1D9 #7ABBE3 #ADD5EE #E0EFF9 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ADD5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#ADD5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD5EE

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD5EE	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99DCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.055 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1f3',
    500: '#add5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add5ee;
$custom-light: #c6e1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85262,
    "c": 0.05472,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD5EE

secondary

#CB9574

accent

#5E18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD5EE

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

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