#ADD8F8#ADD8F8

#ADD8F8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.063 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD8F8
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 248)
HSL	hsl(206, 84%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(206, 30%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -6.75, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 21.28, 251.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0311 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.063 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7276, 64.7707, 98.1964)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD8F8 #F8CDAD

analogous

#ADF8F3 #ADD8F8 #ADB2F8

triadic

#ADD8F8 #F8ADD8 #D8F8AD

tetradic

#ADD8F8 #F3ADF8 #F8CDAD #B2F8AD

square

#ADD8F8 #F3ADF8 #F8CDAD #B2F8AD

split-complementary

#ADD8F8 #F8ADB2 #F8F3AD

monochromatic

#3CA2EE #75BDF3 #ADD8F8 #E3F2FD #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ADD8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#ADD8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD8F8

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD8F8	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CFF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96E0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.063 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4fa',
    500: '#add8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add8f8;
$custom-light: #c7e4fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.6,
    "s": 84.27,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86243,
    "c": 0.06344,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD8F8

secondary

#DA9D6F

accent

#6305E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD8F8

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

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