Shades of Light Blue #ADD8E6 hex color

  • #add8e6
  • #9cc2cf
  • #8aadb8
  • #7997a1
  • #68828a
  • #576c73
  • #45565c
  • #344145
  • #232b2e
  • #111617
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Shades of Light Blue #ADD8E6 hex color has 10 colors, mostly cyan. The lightest color is Light Blue (#ADD8E6), the darkest Black (#111617). Its strongest contrast pair is #111617 on #ADD8E6 (11.9:1, WCAG AAA).

Created at 12/31/2019 09:47
The palette consists of Light, Semi dark, Dark colors. Accent colors Lightblue #add8e6 and #9cc2cf. Palette has Cool, Neutral colors temperature.

A sequential monochrome scheme: tints and shades of a single hue step between light and dark.

By lightness, this palette runs from #111617 (darkest) to #ADD8E6 (lightest). The lightness range is wide.

Overall saturation feels mostly muted (lower chroma) — 80% of colors are muted.

An analogous palette: its hues sit close together on the color wheel, within about 6°.

Overall temperature among swatches leans cool (9 of 10).

HEX codes (sorted): #111617, #232B2E, #344145, #45565C, #576C73, #68828A, #7997A1, #8AADB8, #9CC2CF, #ADD8E6

Palette Shades of Light Blue #ADD8E6 hex color combines 10 color codes:
HEX: #add8e6, RGB: (173, 216, 230); HEX: #9cc2cf, RGB: (156, 194, 207); HEX: #8aadb8, RGB: (138, 173, 184)
HEX: #7997a1, RGB: (121, 151, 161); HEX: #68828a, RGB: (104, 130, 138); HEX: #576c73, RGB: (87, 108, 115)
HEX: #45565c, RGB: (69, 86, 92); HEX: #344145, RGB: (52, 65, 69); HEX: #232b2e, RGB: (35, 43, 46)
HEX: #111617, RGB: (17, 22, 23)
Simplified version of palette colors
Light Blue, Shade of Light Blue, Shade of Sky Blue, Tint of Light Slate Gray, Shade of Slate Gray, Shade of Dim Gray, Tint of Dark Slate Gray, Shade of Dark Slate Gray, Tint of Black, Tint of Black
Color scheme was created by colorswall

Color codes in palette

Shades of Light Blue #ADD8E6 hex color color codes HEX, RGB information in table

ColorHEXRGBNameAlternative name
#add8e6#add8e6RGB(173, 216, 230)—Lightblue
#9cc2cf#9cc2cfRGB(156, 194, 207)——
#8aadb8#8aadb8RGB(138, 173, 184)——
#7997a1#7997a1RGB(121, 151, 161)——
#68828a#68828aRGB(104, 130, 138)——
#576c73#576c73RGB(87, 108, 115)——
#45565c#45565cRGB(69, 86, 92)——
#344145#344145RGB(52, 65, 69)——
#232b2e#232b2eRGB(35, 43, 46)——
#111617#111617RGB(17, 22, 23)——

Color Palette Contrast

17 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text ColorBackground ColorContrast Ratio
#add8e6
#9cc2cf
1.24
#add8e6
#8aadb8
1.57
#9cc2cf
#8aadb8
1.26
#9cc2cf
#7997a1
1.63
#8aadb8
#7997a1
1.29
#8aadb8
#68828a
1.69

Image palette Shades of Light Blue #ADD8E6 hex color png