#ADD9F8#ADD9F8

#ADD9F8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.063 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD9F8
RGB	rgb(173, 217, 248)
HSL	hsl(205, 84%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(205, 30%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -7.27, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 21.08, 249.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0324 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.063 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9845, 65.2846, 98.2820)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD9F8 #F8CCAD

analogous

#ADF8F2 #ADD9F8 #ADB3F8

triadic

#ADD9F8 #F8ADD9 #D9F8AD

tetradic

#ADD9F8 #F2ADF8 #F8CCAD #B3F8AD

square

#ADD9F8 #F2ADF8 #F8CCAD #B3F8AD

split-complementary

#ADD9F8 #F8ADB3 #F8F2AD

monochromatic

#3CA5EE #75BFF3 #ADD9F8 #E3F2FD #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ADD9F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#ADD9F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD9F8

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD9F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD9F8	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD8FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D0F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96E1E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 217, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.063 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e4fa',
    500: '#add9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add9f8;
$custom-light: #c7e4fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.8,
    "s": 84.27,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86452,
    "c": 0.06312,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD9F8

secondary

#DA9B6F

accent

#6005E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD9F8

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

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