#ADD8EF#ADD8EF

#ADD8EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.055 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD8EF
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(201, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -8.85, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 18.15, 240.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0343 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.055 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3648, 64.2256, 91.0189)
Luminance	0.6423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD8EF #EFC4AD

analogous

#ADEFE5 #ADD8EF #ADB7EF

triadic

#ADD8EF #EFADD8 #D8EFAD

tetradic

#ADD8EF #E5ADEF #EFC4AD #B7EFAD

square

#ADD8EF #E5ADEF #EFC4AD #B7EFAD

split-complementary

#ADD8EF #EFADB7 #EFE5AD

monochromatic

#47A7DB #7AC0E5 #ADD8EF #E0F0F9 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#ADD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD8EF

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD8EF	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.055 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4f4',
    500: '#add8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add8ef;
$custom-light: #c7e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.909,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85927,
    "c": 0.05522,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD8EF

secondary

#CD9373

accent

#5716CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD8EF

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

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