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Lightblue #ADD8E6

#ADD8E6oklch(0.8562 0.0489 219.7)

lightblue (#ADD8E6) is a very light greyish blue. In OKLCH it has lightness 85.6%, chroma 0.049 and hue 219.7°; its relative luminance is 63.7%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 79, WCAG 13.74:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.7).

#ADD8E6 in every format

HEX#ADD8E6
RGBrgb(173 216 230)
HSLhsl(194.7 53.3% 79.0%)
HSB / HSVhsb(194.7 24.8% 90.2%)
HWBhwb(194.7 67.8% 9.8%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(25/6/0/10)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(36/4/10/0)
CIELAB (D50)lab(83.61 -12.23 -11.78)
LChlch(83.61 16.98 223.9)
OKLaboklab(0.8562 -0.0377 -0.0312)
OKLCHoklch(0.8562 0.0489 219.7)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.56069 0.63708 0.84208)
CIE xyYxyY(0.2749 0.3123 0.6371)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.7122 0.8422 0.8949)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.41789 0.68669 0.79130)
CSS namelightblue

Text on #ADD8E6

White textWCAG 1.53:1 · APCA Lc 28
Black textWCAG 13.74:1 · APCA Lc 79

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#ADD8E6normal
#CFD5E7protanopia
#C6CEE6deuteranopia
#9CDDDCtritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#CBF7FF
#B5E0EE
#9BC6D4
#83ACBA
#6B94A1
#537C88
#3D6471
#264E5A
#0F3944
#00242F
#00111B

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#ADD8E6
#EDC6B8
Analogous
#ADD8E6
#ACDBD7
#B8D3EF
Triadic
#ADD8E6
#E7C4DA
#D7D1AD
Split complementary
#ADD8E6
#EEC3C9
#E5CBAE
Tetradic
#ADD8E6
#D9C8E8
#EDC6B8
#C5D7B5

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