#ADDEE6#ADDEE6

#ADDEE6 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.052 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDEE6
RGB	rgb(173, 222, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(188, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -13.96, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 16.65, 213.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0454 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.052 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6334, 66.8375, 84.7118)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDEE6 #E6B5AD

analogous

#ADE6D2 #ADDEE6 #ADC2E6

triadic

#ADDEE6 #E6ADDE #DEE6AD

tetradic

#ADDEE6 #D2ADE6 #E6B5AD #C2E6AD

square

#ADDEE6 #D2ADE6 #E6B5AD #C2E6AD

split-complementary

#ADDEE6 #E6ADC2 #E6D2AD

monochromatic

#4FB8C9 #7ECBD8 #ADDEE6 #DCF1F4 #E8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ADDEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#ADDEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDEE6

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDEE6	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BE2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #addee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 222, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.052 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e8ed',
    500: '#addee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #addee6;
$custom-light: #c6e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#addee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86899,
    "c": 0.05172,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDEE6

secondary

#C18177

accent

#3B25C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFD

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131616

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDEE6

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

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