#ADE8ED#ADE8ED

#ADE8ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.060 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE8ED
RGB	rgb(173, 232, 237)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(185, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -17.45, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 19.40, 205.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0554 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.06 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3714, 72.7090, 90.9049)
Luminance	0.7271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE8ED #EDB2AD

analogous

#ADEDD2 #ADE8ED #ADC8ED

triadic

#ADE8ED #EDADE8 #E8EDAD

tetradic

#ADE8ED #D2ADED #EDB2AD #C8EDAD

square

#ADE8ED #D2ADED #EDB2AD #C8EDAD

split-complementary

#ADE8ED #EDADC8 #EDD2AD

monochromatic

#49CCD7 #7BDAE2 #ADE8ED #DFF6F8 #E6F8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ADE8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#ADE8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE8ED

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE8ED	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFE3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97EDE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 232, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.060 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eff2',
    500: '#ade8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade8ed;
$custom-light: #c7eff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89259,
    "c": 0.06006,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE8ED

secondary

#CA7B74

accent

#281ACC

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#131617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE8ED

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

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