#ADDEF8#ADDEF8

#ADDEF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.062 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDEF8
RGB	rgb(173, 222, 248)
HSL	hsl(201, 84%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(201, 30%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -9.86, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 20.33, 241.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0387 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.062 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2929, 67.9013, 98.7181)
Luminance	0.6790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDEF8 #F8C7AD

analogous

#ADF8ED #ADDEF8 #ADB8F8

triadic

#ADDEF8 #F8ADDE #DEF8AD

tetradic

#ADDEF8 #EDADF8 #F8C7AD #B8F8AD

square

#ADDEF8 #EDADF8 #F8C7AD #B8F8AD

split-complementary

#ADDEF8 #F8ADB8 #F8EDAD

monochromatic

#3CB1EE #75C7F3 #ADDEF8 #E3F4FD #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ADDEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#ADDEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDEF8

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDEF8	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DCF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D3F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95E5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #addef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 222, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.062 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e8fa',
    500: '#addef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #addef8;
$custom-light: #c7e8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#addef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.8,
    "s": 84.27,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.875,
    "c": 0.06217,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDEF8

secondary

#DA946F

accent

#5105E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDEF8

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

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