#ADD5EF#ADD5EF

#ADD5EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.056 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD5EF
RGB	rgb(173, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(204, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -7.29, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 18.54, 246.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0305 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.056 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6032, 62.7024, 90.7650)
Luminance	0.6270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD5EF #EFC7AD

analogous

#ADEFE8 #ADD5EF #ADB4EF

triadic

#ADD5EF #EFADD5 #D5EFAD

tetradic

#ADD5EF #E8ADEF #EFC7AD #B4EFAD

square

#ADD5EF #E8ADEF #EFC7AD #B4EFAD

split-complementary

#ADD5EF #EFADB4 #EFE8AD

monochromatic

#47A1DB #7ABBE5 #ADD5EF #E0EFF9 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ADD5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#ADD5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD5EF

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD5EF	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99DCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.056 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e1f4',
    500: '#add5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add5ef;
$custom-light: #c6e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85297,
    "c": 0.05564,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD5EF

secondary

#CD9773

accent

#5F16CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD5EF

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

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