#ADD8EA#ADD8EA

#ADD8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.051 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD8EA
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -9.99, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 16.73, 233.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0362 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.051 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6363, 63.9342, 87.1823)
Luminance	0.6394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD8EA #EABFAD

analogous

#ADEADE #ADD8EA #ADBAEA

triadic

#ADD8EA #EAADD8 #D8EAAD

tetradic

#ADD8EA #DEADEA #EABFAD #BAEAAD

square

#ADD8EA #DEADEA #EABFAD #BAEAAD

split-complementary

#ADD8EA #EAADBA #EADEAD

monochromatic

#4CAAD1 #7CC1DE #ADD8EA #DEEFF6 #E7F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#ADD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD8EA

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD8EA	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.051 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e4f0',
    500: '#add8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add8ea;
$custom-light: #c6e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85756,
    "c": 0.05144,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD8EA

secondary

#C68D75

accent

#501FC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD8EA

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

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