#ADD8FA#ADD8FA

#ADD8FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.065 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD8FA
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 250)
HSL	hsl(206, 89%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(206, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -6.27, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 22.06, 253.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0304 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.065 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0395, 64.8955, 99.8392)
Luminance	0.6490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD8FA #FACFAD

analogous

#ADFAF6 #ADD8FA #ADB1FA

triadic

#ADD8FA #FAADD8 #D8FAAD

tetradic

#ADD8FA #F6ADFA #FACFAD #B1FAAD

square

#ADD8FA #F6ADFA #FACFAD #B1FAAD

split-complementary

#ADD8FA #FAADB1 #FAF6AD

monochromatic

#3AA1F3 #73BDF6 #ADD8FA #E2F1FD #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ADD8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#ADD8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD8FA

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD8FA	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95E0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.065 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4fc',
    500: '#add8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add8fa;
$custom-light: #c7e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.494,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86315,
    "c": 0.06546,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD8FA

secondary

#DD9F6E

accent

#6500E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD8FA

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

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