bluecoolCC0 survey name

Light Blue #95D0FC

Light Blue is a light, vivid cool color (#95D0FC; HSL 206° 94% 79%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “light blue”.

Use cases: Trust UI · Corporate accents

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Families: Blues · Sky Blues

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#95D0FC
RGBrgb(149, 208, 252)
HSLhsl(206, 94%, 79%)
HSVhsv(206, 41%, 99%)
OKLCHoklch(83.31% 0.087 241.3)
OKLaboklab(83.31% -0.0416 -0.0761)
CMYKcmyk(40.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
XYZxyz(52.5151, 58.5263, 100.6061)
CIE-LABlab(81.0, -8.0, -27.5)
CIE-LCHlch(81.0, 28.6, 253.9°)
Luminance0.585 (WCAG relative)
/* Light Blue */ --light-blue: #95d0fc; color: #95d0fc; background-color: #95d0fc;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0).

Collections: Pastel Blue Colors · Light Blue Shades

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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OKLCH ramp (perceptually uniform, modern CSS)

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Shades (toward black)

#85b9e0 #76a2c4 #678ca9 #58778f #4a6276 #3c4f5d #2e3b46 #212930 #15181b #000000

Tints (toward white)

#a1d5fc #add9fd #b8defd #c3e3fd #cde7fe #d7ecfe #e2f1fe #ebf5ff #f5faff #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#9ccff7 #a2cff2 #a8ceed #aecde8 #b3cde3 #b8ccdd #bccbd8 #c1cbd3 #c5cace #c9c9c9

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#95D0FC
#FCC195
#95d0fc #fcc195

Analogous

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#95FCF4
#95D0FC
#959CFC
#95fcf4 #95d0fc #959cfc

Triadic

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#95D0FC
#FC95D0
#D0FC95
#95d0fc #fc95d0 #d0fc95

Tetradic

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#95D0FC
#F495FC
#FCC195
#9CFC95
#95d0fc #f495fc #fcc195 #9cfc95

Square

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#95D0FC
#F495FC
#FCC195
#9CFC95
#95d0fc #f495fc #fcc195 #9cfc95

Split Complementary

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#95D0FC
#FC959C
#FCF495
#95d0fc #fc959c #fcf495

Monochromatic

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#1E9BF9
#59B6FA
#95D0FC
#D1EAFE
#E1F2FE
#1e9bf9 #59b6fa #95d0fc #d1eafe #e1f2fe

Accessibility & contrast

1.65
#95D0FC on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✗AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✗
12.71
#95D0FC on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✓UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on light blue

12.71
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDCFFE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFC4FB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6EDBDE

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Lightskyblue #87CEFA2.23
Sky #82CAFC2.56
Baby Blue #89CFF04.55
Sky Blue #87CEEB5.93
Ice Blue #A5DFF96.43
Carolina Blue #8AB8FE7.75

Colors that go with light blue

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

Navy Blue #1B2A4A
8.6:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈15°) — neighbors on the color wheel
Dark Navy #000435
11.9:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈30°) — neighbors on the color wheel
Dark Plum #3F012C
10.2:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈113°) — balanced three-way contrast
Wine #722F37
5.8:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈147°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Espresso #4B382A
6.7:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈180°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.