Sky blue

#82c4e2

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for sky blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Sky blue sits in the blue band, light and strong. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #82c4e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#82c4e2

RGB130, 196, 226

HSL199, 62%, 70%

HSV199, 42%, 89%

CMYK42%, 13%, 0%, 11%

Lab75.9, -13.24, -21.5

XYZ42.67, 49.72, 79.3

Decimal8570082

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone297 C

Shades of sky blue

#68b8dc #4dabd6 #339fd0 #2b8bb7 #24779d #1e6382 #184f68 #123b4e #0c2733 #061319

Tints of sky blue

#8dc9e5 #98cee7 #a3d4ea #aed9ec #b9deef #c4e3f1 #cfe9f4 #daeef7 #e5f3f9 #f1f8fc

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#e2a082 Analogous#82e2d0 Analogous#8294e2 Triadic#e282c4 Triadic#c4e282 Split complementary#e28294 Split complementary#e2d082

Sky blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 42, 13, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #82c4e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 13 0 11

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 16 4 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Sky blue in css

Copy #82c4e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #82c4e2; }
.text { color: #82c4e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82c4e2; }

How sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #82c4e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #82c4e2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #82c4e2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around sky blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #82c4e2 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #82c4e2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.