Blue color

Light Blue #ADD8E6

#ADD8E6 · rgb(173, 216, 230)

Light Blue is the color #ADD8E6. In RGB it is rgb(173, 216, 230) — 68% red, 85% green and 90% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 25% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black, and in HSL it sits at 195° hue, 53% saturation and 79% lightness. Light Blue is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: light-blue works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #99CCFF.

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Light Blue color codes

Hex#ADD8E6
RGBrgb(173, 216, 230)
RGB %68%, 85%, 90%
HSLhsl(195, 53%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 25%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 6%, 0%, 10%)
OKLCHoklch(86% 0.049 220)
Closest web-safe#99CCFF

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Light Blue against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 1.53:1 Black text — 13.74:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

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