#ADD6EC#ADD6EC

#ADD6EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.053 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD6EC
RGB	rgb(173, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(201, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -8.50, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 17.41, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0328 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.053 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4160, 63.0312, 88.5343)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD6EC #ECC3AD

analogous

#ADECE2 #ADD6EC #ADB7EC

triadic

#ADD6EC #ECADD6 #D6ECAD

tetradic

#ADD6EC #E2ADEC #ECC3AD #B7ECAD

square

#ADD6EC #E2ADEC #ECC3AD #B7ECAD

split-complementary

#ADD6EC #ECADB7 #ECE2AD

monochromatic

#4AA4D5 #7BBDE0 #ADD6EC #DFEFF8 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#ADD6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#ADD6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD6EC

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD6EC	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.053 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e2f2',
    500: '#add6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add6ec;
$custom-light: #c6e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.952,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85403,
    "c": 0.05288,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD6EC

secondary

#C99275

accent

#581BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD6EC

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

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