#ADE4F9#ADE4F9

#ADE4F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.063 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE4F9
RGB	rgb(173, 228, 249)
HSL	hsl(197, 86%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(197, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -12.69, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 20.32, 231.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0459 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.063 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0704, 71.2076, 100.0780)
Luminance	0.7121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE4F9 #F9C2AD

analogous

#ADF9E8 #ADE4F9 #ADBEF9

triadic

#ADE4F9 #F9ADE4 #E4F9AD

tetradic

#ADE4F9 #E8ADF9 #F9C2AD #BEF9AD

square

#ADE4F9 #E8ADF9 #F9C2AD #BEF9AD

split-complementary

#ADE4F9 #F9ADBE #F9E8AD

monochromatic

#3BBEF1 #74D1F5 #ADE4F9 #E2F6FD #E2F6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ADE4F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#ADE4F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE4F9

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE4F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE4F9	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E1FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94EBEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade4f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 228, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.063 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ecfb',
    500: '#ade4f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade4f9;
$custom-light: #c7ecfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade4f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 86.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.888,
    "c": 0.06311,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE4F9

secondary

#DB8D6F

accent

#4103E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FDFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE4F9

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

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