HEX atlas value

#ADD8E6

#ADD8E6 is a cool blue HEX color nearest Light Blue. RGB 173, 216, 230, HSL 195° 53% 79%, luminance 0.6371; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool balanced

#ADD8E6 Sample readable text

HEX #ADD8E6

RGB rgb(173, 216, 230)

HSL hsl(195 53% 79%)

CMYK cmyk(25, 6, 0, 10)

Luminance 0.6371

Contrast Black 13.74:1White 1.53:1

CSS

--color-add8e6: #ADD8E6;
.background-add8e6 { background-color: #ADD8E6; }
.text-add8e6 { color: #ADD8E6; }

HEX meaning and use

About #ADD8E6

#ADD8E6 is classified as a cool blue value with balanced visual character. #ADD8E6 is visually closest to Light Blue, a named blue color with HEX #ADD8E6.

The RGB channels are 173, 216, and 230, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 195deg with 53% saturation and 79% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and calm digital interfaces. Its luminance is 0.6371, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.74:1AA Pass

White text1.53:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #ADD8E6 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.74:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.53:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F3F9FB#F3F9FB · #000000 text · best 19.75:1 Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0 · #000000 text · best 15.66:1 #ADE6D8#ADE6D8 · #000000 text · best 15.09:1 Powder Blue#B0E0E6 · #000000 text · best 14.65:1 #A1DEF2#A1DEF2 · #000000 text · best 14.25:1

Generated Palette

Light Blue#ADD8E6

#E6BBAD#E6BBAD

#ADE6D8#ADE6D8

#ADBBE6#ADBBE6

#F3F9FB#F3F9FB

#67B6D0#67B6D0

Color Harmonies

#E6BBAD#E6BBAD

#ADE6D8#ADE6D8

#ADBBE6#ADBBE6

#E6ADD8#E6ADD8

#D8E6AD#D8E6AD

Variants

#F3F9FB#F3F9FB

#67B6D0#67B6D0

#A1DEF2#A1DEF2

#B9D2DA#B9D2DA

White#FFFFFF

#BDEEFF#BDEEFF

Nearest Named Colors

Light Blue#ADD8E6

Powder Blue#B0E0E6

Powder Sky#B7D9E8

Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0

Light Steel Blue#B0C4DE

Luminance0.6371

Black text13.74:1AA Pass

White text1.53:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#ADD8E6","rgb":[173,216,230],"hsl":[195,53,79],"cmyk":[25,6,0,10],"luminance":0.6371,"contrast":{"black":13.74,"white":1.53}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.74,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.53,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F3F9FB","hex":"#F3F9FB","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.75,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Aqua","hex":"#B8E8E0","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.66,"contrastWhite":1.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#ADE6D8","hex":"#ADE6D8","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.09,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.65,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A1DEF2","hex":"#A1DEF2","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.25,"contrastWhite":1.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","balanced","balanced blue","Light Blue adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/add8e6.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-sky.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E6BBAD","analogous":["#ADE6D8","#ADBBE6"],"triadic":["#E6ADD8","#D8E6AD"],"tetradic":["#D8ADE6","#E6BBAD","#BBE6AD"],"splitComplementary":["#E6ADBB","#E6D8AD"],"monochromatic":["#F3F9FB","#ADD8E6","#67B6D0"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F3F9FB","dark":"#67B6D0","saturated":"#A1DEF2","desaturated":"#B9D2DA","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#BDEEFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-blue","name":"Light Blue","hex":"#ADD8E6","distance":0},{"slug":"powder-blue","name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","distance":8.54400374531753},{"slug":"powder-sky","name":"Powder Sky","hex":"#B7D9E8","distance":10.246950765959598},{"slug":"pastel-aqua","name":"Pastel Aqua","hex":"#B8E8E0","distance":20.322401432901575},{"slug":"light-steel-blue","name":"Light Steel Blue","hex":"#B0C4DE","distance":21.748563170931547}]

#ADD8E6

CSS

About #ADD8E6

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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