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Light Blue Color

#add8e6

Light Blue Color

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A moderately saturated light cyan.

Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#add8e6

RGB

rgb(173, 216, 230)

HSL

hsl(194.7, 53.3%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.7, 24.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(83.81, -10.89, -11.48)

LCH

lch(83.81, 15.82, 226.51)

OKLCH

oklch(85.6%, 0.0489, 219.61)

HWB

hwb(194.7, 67.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6bbad

Analogous

#ade6d7

#add8e6

#adbbe6

Triadic

#add8e6

#e6add8

#d8e6ad

Split-complementary

#add8e6

#e6adbb

#e6d7ad

Tetradic

#add8e6

#bbade6

#e6bbad

#d8e6ad

Square

#add8e6

#d7ade6

#e6bbad

#bbe6ad

Shades

Light Blue Color mixed toward black.

#79c0d6

#46a7c7

#2f809a

#1f5567

#102b33

Tints

Light Blue Color mixed toward white.

#bbdfea

#c8e5ee

#d6ecf2

#e4f2f7

#f1f9fb

Tones

Light Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#b2d6e1

#b6d3dc

#bbd1d8

#c0ced3

#c5ccce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c2e3 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbbe2 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#afe0df · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #add8e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#add8e6]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

Light Blue (#add8e6) is rgb(173, 216, 230) in RGB.

No, #add8e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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