Light Blue color (#ADD8E6)
Light Blue is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword lightblue
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #ADD8E6, which is rgb(173, 216, 230) in RGB.
It is a light, muted cool color with a hue angle of 195° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 86% in OKLCH. On a light blue background, black text gives the higher contrast at 13.74:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Light Blue color codes
| CSS name | lightblue |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #ADD8E6 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #ADD8E6FF |
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| RGB | rgb(173, 216, 230) |
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| HSL | hsl(195, 53%, 79%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(195, 25%, 90%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(85.6% 0.0489 219.7) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(24.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for light blue used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of light blue
Tints mix light blue with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with light blue
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Light Blue with color blindness
Approximately how light blue appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using light blue in CSS
.element {
color: lightblue;
background-color: #add8e6;
border-color: rgb(173 216 230 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(85.6% 0.0489 219.7);
}Similar named colors
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