#ADDAEF#ADDAEF

#ADDAEF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.055 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDAEF
RGB	rgb(173, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(199, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -9.88, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 18.00, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0369 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.055 228)
XYZ	xyz(57.8803, 65.2566, 91.1907)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDAEF #EFC2AD

analogous

#ADEFE3 #ADDAEF #ADB9EF

triadic

#ADDAEF #EFADDA #DAEFAD

tetradic

#ADDAEF #E3ADEF #EFC2AD #B9EFAD

square

#ADDAEF #E3ADEF #EFC2AD #B9EFAD

split-complementary

#ADDAEF #EFADB9 #EFE3AD

monochromatic

#47ACDB #7AC3E5 #ADDAEF #E0F1F9 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ADDAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#ADDAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDAEF

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDAEF	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #addaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.055 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e5f4',
    500: '#addaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #addaef;
$custom-light: #c7e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#addaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86348,
    "c": 0.0552,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.65259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDAEF

secondary

#CD9073

accent

#5116CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDAEF

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

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