#ADDDEE#ADDDEE

#ADDDEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.055 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDDEE
RGB	rgb(173, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -11.65, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 17.73, 228.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0411 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.055 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.5179, 66.7676, 90.6765)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDDEE #EEBEAD

analogous

#ADEEDE #ADDDEE #ADBCEE

triadic

#ADDDEE #EEADDD #DDEEAD

tetradic

#ADDDEE #DEADEE #EEBEAD #BCEEAD

square

#ADDDEE #DEADEE #EEBEAD #BCEEAD

split-complementary

#ADDDEE #EEADBC #EEDEAD

monochromatic

#48B3D9 #7AC8E3 #ADDDEE #E0F2F9 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ADDDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#ADDDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDDEE

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDDEE	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99E3E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.055 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e7f3',
    500: '#adddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adddee;
$custom-light: #c7e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86948,
    "c": 0.05493,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDDEE

secondary

#CB8B74

accent

#4718CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDDEE

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

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