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#ADD8E6

#add8e6 Light Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
  • lightblue
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#add8e6 (Light Blue) is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 84.71% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.78% cyan, 6.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 194.74°, with 53.27% saturation and 79.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.74:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6371

Complementary

  1. #add8e6
  2. #e6bbad

Split complementary

  1. #add8e6
  2. #e6adbb
  3. #e6d8ad

Analogous

  1. #ade6d8
  2. #add8e6
  3. #adbbe6

Triadic

  1. #add8e6
  2. #e6add8
  3. #d8e6ad

Tetradic

  1. #add8e6
  2. #bbade6
  3. #e6bbad
  4. #d8e6ad

Square

  1. #add8e6
  2. #d8ade6
  3. #e6bbad
  4. #bbe6ad

Monochromatic

  1. #3a9fc0
  2. #72bcd4
  3. #add8e6
  4. #e8f4f8
  5. #eff8fa

Shades

#add8e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #add8e6
  2. #9cc2cf
  3. #8aadb8
  4. #7997a1
  5. #68828a
  6. #576c73
  7. #45565c
  8. #344145
  9. #232b2e
  10. #111617
  11. #000000

Tints

#add8e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #add8e6
  2. #b5dce9
  3. #bde0eb
  4. #c6e4ee
  5. #cee8f0
  6. #d6ecf3
  7. #deeff5
  8. #e6f3f8
  9. #eff7fa
  10. #f7fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#add8e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #add8e6
  2. #a9cfdc
  3. #a4c6d2
  4. #a0bec7
  5. #9bb5bd
  6. #97acb3
  7. #92a3a9
  8. #8e9a9f
  9. #899294
  10. #85898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4d4da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd5e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6cee6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cdddc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2d6e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcd2e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3dbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-add8e6 {
  color: #add8e6;
}
Background
.bg-add8e6 {
  background-color: #add8e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-add8e6 {
  border: 2px solid #add8e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #add8e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 216 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 53% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-add8e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #add8e6, #adbbe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-add8e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 216 230 / 0.35);
}

#a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 2.83 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.05 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.27 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.01 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.33 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.40 #522719 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#add8e6  rgb(173, 216, 230)  hsl(195, 53%, 79%)  Light Blue
#e6bbad  rgb(230, 187, 173)  hsl(15, 53%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#e6add8  rgb(230, 173, 216)  hsl(315, 53%, 79%)  Plum
#d8e6ad  rgb(216, 230, 173)  hsl(75, 53%, 79%)  Tea Green