#ADE8DC#ADE8DC

#ADE8DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.062 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE8DC
RGB	rgb(173, 232, 220)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(168, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 5.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -21.11, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 21.12, 180.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0622 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.062 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0044, 71.7622, 78.4388)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE8DC #E8ADB9

analogous

#ADE8BF #ADE8DC #ADD6E8

triadic

#ADE8DC #DCADE8 #E8DCAD

tetradic

#ADE8DC #BFADE8 #E8ADB9 #D6E8AD

square

#ADE8DC #BFADE8 #E8ADB9 #D6E8AD

split-complementary

#ADE8DC #E8ADD6 #E8BFAD

monochromatic

#4DCDB3 #7DDBC8 #ADE8DC #DDF5F0 #E7F8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ADE8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#ADE8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE8DC

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE8DC	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8D9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CEAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 232, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.062 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6efe6',
    500: '#ade8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade8dc;
$custom-light: #c6efe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88746,
    "c": 0.06217,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE8DC

secondary

#C37686

accent

#2243C4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFC

border

#D2D6D5

text

#131616

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE8DC

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

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