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Guide to the Color Light Blue

Dive deep into the color light blue. Find color palettes, get the codes for adding ’em to your designs—explore your color-dreaming heart out.

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Light blue color codes

Nail the exact color light blue in your design by using the code from any one of these systems for color identification.

Hex	#ADD8E6
RGB	r: 173, g: 216, b: 230
HSL	h: 195°, s: 53%, l: 79%
HSV	h: 195°, s: 25%, v: 90%
CMYK	c: 25%, m: 6%, y: 0%, k: 10%

Light blue color palettes

Complementary

Split Complementary

Triadic

Tetradic

Analogous

Monochromatic

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The color light blue in percentages

If you're identifying color for pretty much anything digital, you're working in an RGB colorspace. If the project you're working on requires percentage representation, light blue is made of 68% red, 85% green, and 90% blue.

If you're identifying color for a print project, you're most likely using a CMYK colorspace—the percentages are 25% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow, 10% black.