#ADDEE8#ADDEE8

#ADDEE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.052 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDEE8
RGB	rgb(173, 222, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(190, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -13.52, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 16.84, 216.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0447 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.052 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9159, 66.9505, 86.1994)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDEE8 #E8B7AD

analogous

#ADE8D4 #ADDEE8 #ADC1E8

triadic

#ADDEE8 #E8ADDE #DEE8AD

tetradic

#ADDEE8 #D4ADE8 #E8B7AD #C1E8AD

square

#ADDEE8 #D4ADE8 #E8B7AD #C1E8AD

split-complementary

#ADDEE8 #E8ADC1 #E8D4AD

monochromatic

#4DB8CD #7DCBDB #ADDEE8 #DDF1F5 #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ADDEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#ADDEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDEE8

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDEE8	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AE3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #addee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 222, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.052 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e8ef',
    500: '#addee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #addee8;
$custom-light: #c6e8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#addee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86963,
    "c": 0.05238,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDEE8

secondary

#C38376

accent

#3D22C4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDEE8

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

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