#ADD8CA#ADD8CA

#ADD8CA is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.049 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD8CA
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(160, 36%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(160, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -16.84, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 16.99, 172.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0487 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.049 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4471, 62.2585, 65.1194)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD8CA #D8ADBB

analogous

#ADD8B5 #ADD8CA #ADD1D8

triadic

#ADD8CA #CAADD8 #D8CAAD

tetradic

#ADD8CA #B5ADD8 #D8ADBB #D1D8AD

square

#ADD8CA #B5ADD8 #D8ADBB #D1D8AD

split-complementary

#ADD8CA #D8ADD1 #D8B5AD

monochromatic

#5AB194 #84C4AF #ADD8CA #D6ECE5 #EAF5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#ADD8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#ADD8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD8CA

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD8CA	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDCCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.049 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e4da',
    500: '#add8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add8ca;
$custom-light: #c6e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.465,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84766,
    "c": 0.04906,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD8CA

secondary

#AF7A8B

accent

#375EAE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD8CA

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

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