CSS named color

Light Blue #ADD8E6

Light Blue is light cyan. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Light Blue used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
1.53:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
13.74:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Light Blue — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Light Blue by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#ADD8E6 ≈ Powder Blue #E6BBAD ≈ Light Pink

Analogous

#ADE6D8 ≈ Powder Blue #ADD8E6 ≈ Powder Blue #ADBBE6 ≈ Light Steel Blue

Triadic

#ADD8E6 ≈ Powder Blue #E6ADD8 ≈ Plum #D8E6AD ≈ Pale Goldenrod

Split-complementary

#ADD8E6 ≈ Powder Blue #E6ADBB ≈ Light Pink #E6D8AD ≈ Wheat

Tetradic

#ADD8E6 ≈ Powder Blue #D8ADE6 ≈ Plum #E6BBAD ≈ Light Pink #BBE6AD ≈ Pale Green

Use Light Blue in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#add8e6], border-[#add8e6].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Light Blue into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Powder Blue #B0E0E6 Light Steel Blue #B0C4DE Pale Turquoise #AFEEEE Sky Blue #87CEEB Light Gray #D3D3D3 Light Sky Blue #87CEFA

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