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lightblue

#ADD8E6

lightblueCSS named color.

Formats

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Contrast & legibility

Text on white1.53:1 AA ✗
Text on black13.74:1 AA ✓

WCAG 2.2 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Check any pair →

Tints & shades

An 11-stop OKLCH ramp through lightblue (the same engine as the theme builder). Click any stop to open its page.

Harmonies

Explore all harmonies for #ADD8E6

Color-blindness preview

#cfd5e7

Protanopia

#c6cee6

Deuteranopia

#9cdddc

Tritanopia

#d1d1d1

Achromatopsia

How lightblue appears to viewers with each color-vision deficiency. Full simulator →

About lightblue

#ADD8E6 is lightblue, a css named color. This page shows its rgb(173, 216, 230) / hsl(194.74, 53.27%, 79.02%) / oklch(0.8562 0.0489 219.65) values, WCAG contrast against black and white, an OKLCH tint-and-shade ramp, and complementary, analogous, and triadic harmonies — all computed in perceptually-uniform OKLCH.