#ADD9EA#ADD9EA

#ADD9EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.052 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD9EA
RGB	rgb(173, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(197, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -10.51, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 16.73, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0375 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.052 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8933, 64.4481, 87.2680)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD9EA #EABEAD

analogous

#ADEADC #ADD9EA #ADBBEA

triadic

#ADD9EA #EAADD9 #D9EAAD

tetradic

#ADD9EA #DCADEA #EABEAD #BBEAAD

square

#ADD9EA #DCADEA #EABEAD #BBEAAD

split-complementary

#ADD9EA #EAADBB #EADCAD

monochromatic

#4CACD1 #7CC2DE #ADD9EA #DEF0F6 #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ADD9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#ADD9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD9EA

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD9EA	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ADFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.052 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e4f0',
    500: '#add9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add9ea;
$custom-light: #c6e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85968,
    "c": 0.0516,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD9EA

secondary

#C68C75

accent

#4E1FC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD9EA

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

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