#ADD8EE#ADD8EE

#ADD8EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.054 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD8EE
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(200, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -9.08, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 17.84, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0347 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.054 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2174, 64.1666, 90.2430)
Luminance	0.6417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD8EE #EEC3AD

analogous

#ADEEE4 #ADD8EE #ADB7EE

triadic

#ADD8EE #EEADD8 #D8EEAD

tetradic

#ADD8EE #E4ADEE #EEC3AD #B7EEAD

square

#ADD8EE #E4ADEE #EEC3AD #B7EEAD

split-complementary

#ADD8EE #EEADB7 #EEE4AD

monochromatic

#48A8D9 #7AC0E3 #ADD8EE #E0F0F9 #E6F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADD8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#ADD8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD8EE

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD8EE	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.054 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e4f3',
    500: '#add8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add8ee;
$custom-light: #c6e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85892,
    "c": 0.05442,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD8EE

secondary

#CB9174

accent

#5518CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD8EE

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

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