#ADECEF#ADECEF

#ADECEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.063 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADECEF
RGB	rgb(173, 236, 239)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(183, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -18.99, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 20.55, 202.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0596 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.063 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8040, 75.1040, 92.8319)
Luminance	0.7511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADECEF #EFB0AD

analogous

#ADEFD1 #ADECEF #ADCBEF

triadic

#ADECEF #EFADEC #ECEFAD

tetradic

#ADECEF #D1ADEF #EFB0AD #CBEFAD

square

#ADECEF #D1ADEF #EFB0AD #CBEFAD

split-complementary

#ADECEF #EFADCB #EFD1AD

monochromatic

#47D4DB #7AE0E5 #ADECEF #E0F8F9 #E5F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ADECEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#ADECEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADECEF

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADECEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADECEF	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7DDF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96F0ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adecef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 236, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.063 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7f2f4',
    500: '#adecef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adecef;
$custom-light: #c7f2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adecef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90179,
    "c": 0.06337,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADECEF

secondary

#CD7773

accent

#1F16CF

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#131717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADECEF

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

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