#ADD6ED#ADD6ED

#ADD6ED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.054 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD6ED
RGB	rgb(173, 214, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(202, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -8.27, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 17.72, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0325 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.054 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5617, 63.0895, 89.3016)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD6ED #EDC4AD

analogous

#ADEDE4 #ADD6ED #ADB6ED

triadic

#ADD6ED #EDADD6 #D6EDAD

tetradic

#ADD6ED #E4ADED #EDC4AD #B6EDAD

square

#ADD6ED #E4ADED #EDC4AD #B6EDAD

split-complementary

#ADD6ED #EDADB6 #EDE4AD

monochromatic

#49A4D7 #7BBDE2 #ADD6ED #DFEFF8 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#ADD6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#ADD6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD6ED

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD6ED	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 214, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.054 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e2f2',
    500: '#add6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add6ed;
$custom-light: #c6e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85437,
    "c": 0.05371,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD6ED

secondary

#CA9374

accent

#5A1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD6ED

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

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