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Lightblue / Light blue / #add8e6 Hex Color Code

#add8e6 Paint ChipThe color lightblue / Light blue with hexadecimal color code #add8e6 is a light shade of cyan. In the RGB color model #add8e6 is comprised of 67.84% red, 84.71% green and 90.2% blue. In the HSL color space #add8e6 has a hue of 195° (degrees), 53% saturation and 79% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 485.99 nm.

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#add8e6 linear gradient to complementary #e9baaa

  1. #add8e6
  2. #bad3dc
  3. #c5ced2
  4. #d0c9c8
  5. #d9c4be
  6. #e1bfb4
  7. #e9baaa

Monochromatic Colors

  1. #85b0bd
  2. #92bdca
  3. #a0cad8
  4. #add8e6
  5. #bbe6f4
  6. #c8f4ff
  7. #d6ffff

Tints and Shades

#add8e6 to White

  1. #add8e6
  2. #bbdeea
  3. #c9e5ee
  4. #d7ebf2
  5. #e4f2f7
  6. #f2f8fb
  7. #ffffff

#add8e6 to Black

  1. #add8e6
  2. #8eb0bc
  3. #708a93
  4. #53666c
  5. #384448
  6. #1f2426
  7. #000000

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Paints

Similar Paints

  1. Pantone / PMS

    1. ★ 2975
      #b0d9e6       ΔE = 0.649
    2. 304
      #addbe3       ΔE = 2.882

  2. Crown Diamond

    1. ★ 7331-21 Musketeer Blue
      #afd7e6       ΔE = 0.863
    2. 7335-31 Perfect Blue
      #aad2db       ΔE = 2.896

  3. Sherwin-Williams

    1. ★ Blue Refrain - 6956
      #b0d8e7       ΔE = 0.875
    2. ★ Something Blue - 6800
      #b0d6e6       ΔE = 1.574

  4. Duron

    1. ★ Cay
      #a9d9e7       ΔE = 0.978
    2. ★ Liquid Blue
      #a8dbee       ΔE = 2.204

  5. General Paint

    1. ★ Halogen / CL 2221W
      #afd9e9       ΔE = 1.037
    2. ★ Squillace / CL 2233W
      #addaed       ΔE = 2.079

  6. California Paints

    1. ★ DE 5785 - It's A Boy
      #b3d8e5       ΔE = 1.182
    2. DE 5806 - Dockside
      #b1d3e3       ΔE = 2.584

  7. Dunn-Edwards

    1. ★ Glacier Point / 1134
      #b3d8e5       ΔE = 1.182
    2. Dockside / 1105
      #b1d3e3       ΔE = 2.584

  8. ICI Paints

    1. ★ Afton Blue 70BG 68/163
      #add9ea       ΔE = 1.244
    2. Blue Brook 50BG 66/193
      #a2d6e3       ΔE = 2.303

  9. PPG Pittsburgh Paints

    1. ★ Flemish Sky 253-3
      #b3d8e6       ΔE = 1.271
    2. ★ Seascape 153-3
      #b5dce9       ΔE = 1.813

  10. Porter Paints

    1. ★ Flemish Sky / 253-3
      #b3d8e6       ΔE = 1.271
    2. ★ Seascape / 153-3
      #b5dce9       ΔE = 1.813

  11. Brillux

    1. ★ 69.15.09
      #aed5e1       ΔE = 1.280
    2. 66.15.09
      #a3d3e6       ΔE = 2.754

  12. Kelly-Moore

    1. ★ Walking on Air / KM3187-1
      #b0dbe7       ΔE = 1.319
    2. ★ New Day Sky / KM3171-1
      #a7daec       ΔE = 1.846

  13. Sikkens

    1. ★ R4.14.80
      #afdbe7       ΔE = 1.332
    2. ★ Q7.15.76
      #a5d7e3       ΔE = 2.002

  14. Cloverdale Paint

    1. ★ Sky Watch / 7362
      #a8d9ea       ΔE = 1.369
    2. Blooming Blue / 7346
      #badce9       ΔE = 2.615

  15. Rodda Paint

    1. ★ Sky Watch 7362
      #a8d9ea       ΔE = 1.369
    2. Blooming Blue 7346
      #badce9       ΔE = 2.615

  16. Dutch Boy

    1. ★ Spacious Skies
      #b4d9e5       ΔE = 1.379
    2. ★ Canvas Sky
      #b6d7e2       ΔE = 1.985

  17. TRUMATCH

    1. ★ 27-e
      #add5e0       ΔE = 1.537
    2. ★ 28-e
      #acddea       ΔE = 1.954

  18. Vista Paint

    1. ★ Walking on Air
      #a7d9e6       ΔE = 1.555
    2. New Day Sky
      #9fd7e9       ΔE = 2.645

  19. Scib Paints

    1. ★ Walking on air / 7434
      #a7d9e6       ΔE = 1.555
    2. New Day Sky / 7410
      #9fd7e9       ΔE = 2.645

  20. Berger

    1. ★ Walking on air / 7434
      #a7d9e6       ΔE = 1.555
    2. New Day Sky / 7410
      #9fd7e9       ΔE = 2.645

  21. Caparol

    1. ★ 2405
      #b0d4e0       ΔE = 1.716
    2. ★ 39/11
      #b8dce8       ΔE = 2.265

  22. Dulux

    1. ★ Azure Sky 5 / 66BG 68/157
      #b4dcea       ΔE = 1.717
    2. 70BG 67/126
      #b9d9e4       ΔE = 2.357

  23. Peintures MF

    1. ★ Skyros
      #a7d5e1       ΔE = 1.761
    2. Crépuscule
      #a4d2e5       ΔE = 2.927

  24. Behr

    1. ★ 530A-3 Frosty Glade
      #a6d9eb       ΔE = 1.815
    2. 530C-3 Winsome Hue
      #a1d5e0       ΔE = 2.983

  25. Devoe Paint

    1. ★ Wild Blue Yonder / 74BG 61/206
      #a5d4e2       ΔE = 1.844

  26. CIL

    1. ★ Alice Blue
      #a3d7e5       ΔE = 1.950
    2. Glistening Sea
      #b2d4dd       ΔE = 2.473

  27. Little Greene

    1. ★ Sky Blue
      #add4de       ΔE = 2.055

  28. Olympic

    1. ★ Flemish Sky A56-3
      #b3d9e2       ΔE = 2.082
    2. Flemish Blue A55-3
      #acd1dd       ΔE = 2.491

  29. Coronado Paint

    1. ★ 7346 - Blooming Blue
      #b6d6e3       ΔE = 2.145

  30. Toyo Ink

    1. ★ CF10398
      #acd2de       ΔE = 2.162
    2. CF10692
      #b1d2e0       ΔE = 2.556

  31. Nippon Paint

    1. ★ Winning Streak / NP BGG 1566 P
      #a5d4e6       ΔE = 2.207
    2. Smooth Sailing / NP BGG 1565 P
      #badce8       ΔE = 2.589

  32. Graham & Brown

    1. ★ Hundred
      #b8d8e3       ΔE = 2.234

  33. Sto

    1. ★ 35306
      #b8d8e3       ΔE = 2.234
    2. 35305
      #acd1e0       ΔE = 2.546

  34. Evonik-Degussa

    1. ★ 1201P Composed
      #a3d4e1       ΔE = 2.273
    2. 3201P To Dream
      #a3d2e0       ΔE = 2.510

  35. Benjamin Moore

    1. ★ Fairview Blue / 779
      #aad5e8       ΔE = 2.275
    2. Delano Waters / 766
      #a1d7e3       ΔE = 2.729

  36. Martha Stewart Living

    1. ★ Shadow Box Blue C32
      #a9d4de       ΔE = 2.285
    2. Bluepoint C29
      #b6d5e1       ΔE = 2.328

  37. Pratt & Lambert

    1. ★ Degas Blue 25-3
      #b7d7e1       ΔE = 2.291

  38. Natural Color System / NCS

    1. S 1020-B
      #a9d3e5       ΔE = 2.386
    2. S 1015-B
      #bcd9e4       ΔE = 2.945

  39. Resene

    1. French Pass B85-035-223
      #a4d2e0       ΔE = 2.399
    2. Half Escape B85-023-223
      #badae5       ΔE = 2.525

  40. Earthpaint

    1. 2-32-2 Fragile Blue
      #b3d7df       ΔE = 2.463

  41. Tollens

    1. T2026-1
      #a9dbe5       ΔE = 2.545

  42. Valspar Paint

    1. Woodlawn Blue Angel
      #b9dde9       ΔE = 2.558
    2. Exhale
      #aed1dc       ΔE = 2.664

  43. Diamond Vogel

    1. Orleans Tune / 0658
      #9fd6e7       ΔE = 2.566

  44. Colortrend

    1. 0658
      #9fd6e7       ΔE = 2.566

  45. Chrysler

    1. Aquamarine
      #a9dde8       ΔE = 2.720
    2. Blue
      #a2dbe8       ΔE = 2.836

  46. Jedynka

    1. Halványkék
      #aed2e3       ΔE = 2.765

  47. Taubmans

    1. Spring Waterfall / T10 46B-1
      #a5d1dd       ΔE = 2.777
    2. Mermaid Kiss / T12 42.C1
      #9dd4e4       ΔE = 2.988

  48. Ford

    1. Robins Egg Blue
      #badbe4       ΔE = 2.840

  49. GM / General Motors

    1. Orion Blue
      #a2dcea       ΔE = 2.895

  50. Sigma

    1. Cool Blue / S 1020-B
      #b9dfec       ΔE = 2.928
    2. Cool Blue / S 1030-B
      #9fd4e7       ΔE = 2.943

#add8e6 HTML / CSS Code Examples

#add8e6 foreground

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
<p style="color: #add8e6">…</p>

#add8e6 background

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Michelangelo
<p style="background-color: #add8e6">…</p>

#add8e6 shadow

An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it.

Paul Valéry
<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #add8e6">…</p>

Color Charts

Color Space Conversions

Decimal
11393254
Binary
10101101, 11011000, 11100110
Hexadecimal
#add8e6
Closest short hex
#ade ΔE = 2.040
RGB
rgb(173, 216, 230)
RGBA
rgba(173, 216, 230, 1.0)
rg chromaticity
r: 0.279, g: 0.349, b: 0.372
RYB
red: 0.678%, yellow: 0.775%, blue: 0.902%
Android / android.graphics.Color
-5383962 / 0xffadd8e6
HSL
hsl(195, 53%, 79%)
HSLA
hsla(195, 53%%, 79%%, 1.0)
HSV / HSB
hue: 195° (194.737), saturation: 25% (0.248), value: 90% (0.902)
HSP
hue: 194.737, saturation: 24.783%, perceived brightness: 80.718%
HSLuv (HUSL)
H: 215.928, S: 44.307, L: 83.813
Cubehelix
H: -172.375, S: 0.521, L: 0.803
TSL
T: -1.774, S: 0.075, L: 0.803
CMYK
cyan: 25% (0.248), magenta: 6% (0.061), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 10% (0.098)
CMY
cyan: 32% (0.322), magenta: 15% (0.153), yellow: 10% (0.098)
XYZ
X: 56.068, Y: 63.707, Z: 84.190
xyY
x: 0.275, y: 0.312, Y: 63.707
CIELab
L: 83.813, a: -10.892, b: -11.477
CIELuv
L: 83.813, u: -22.274, v: -16.141
CIELCH / LCHab
L: 83.813, C: 15.822, H: 226.498
CIELUV / LCHuv
L: 83.813, C: 27.507, H: 215.928
Hunter-Lab
L: 79.817, a: -14.290, b: -6.667
CIECAM02
J: 77.298, C: 24.995, h: 219.341, Q: 173.219, M: 21.858, s: 35.523, H: 278.423
OSA-UCS
lightness: -10.110, jaune: -1.969, green: 2.447
LMS
L: 54.783, M: 69.207, S: 83.827
YCbCr
Y: 191.865, Cb: 140.510, Cr: 108.129
YCgCo
Y: 208.750, Cg: 7.250, Co: 29.000
YDbDr
Y: 204.739, Db: 38.012, Dr: 60.357
YPbPr
Y: 207.849, Pb: 11.945, Pr: -22.144
xvYCC
Y: 194.506, Cb: 138.493, Cr: 108.548
YIQ
Y: 204.739, I: -30.113, Q: -4.737
YUV
Y: 204.739, U: 12.433, V: -27.845
Munsell Color System
10B 8/4 ΔE = 1.224
Brand Color
Vimeo ΔE = 9.371

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