Sky blue

#85adc1

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

Sky blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #85adc1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#85adc1

RGB133, 173, 193

HSL200, 33%, 64%

HSV200, 31%, 76%

CMYK31%, 10%, 0%, 24%

Lab68.55, -8.67, -14.58

XYZ34.24, 38.72, 56.12

Decimal8760769

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone550 C

Shades of sky blue

#71a0b7 #5e93ad #50849d #46738a #3c6376 #325263 #28424f #1e323b #142128 #0a1114

Tints of sky blue

#90b4c7 #9bbccc #a6c3d2 #b1cbd7 #bcd2dd #c7d9e3 #d2e1e8 #dde8ee #e8f0f3 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#c19985 Analogous#85c1b7 Analogous#858fc1 Triadic#c185ad Triadic#adc185 Split complementary#c1858f Split complementary#c1b785

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 31, 10, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #85adc1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 10 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 13 4 30

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 #85adc1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #85adc1; }
.text { color: #85adc1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85adc1; }

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 #85adc1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #85adc1 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 #85adc1 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 #85adc1 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 #85adc1 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.