#ADD8FF#ADD8FF

#ADD8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.071 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD8FF
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -5.07, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 24.08, 257.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0287 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.071 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8339, 65.2132, 104.0231)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD8FF #FFD4AD

analogous

#ADFFFD #ADD8FF #ADAFFF

triadic

#ADD8FF #FFADD8 #D8FFAD

tetradic

#ADD8FF #FDADFF #FFD4AD #AFFFAD

square

#ADD8FF #FDADFF #FFD4AD #AFFFAD

split-complementary

#ADD8FF #FFADAF #FFFDAD

monochromatic

#339EFF #70BBFF #ADD8FF #E0F0FF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ADD8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#ADD8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD8FF

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD8FF	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93E1E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.071 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4ff',
    500: '#add8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add8ff;
$custom-light: #c7e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.537,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86498,
    "c": 0.07075,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD8FF

secondary

#E5A56B

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD8FF

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

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