Sky blue

#8ecced

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

Sky blue is a light blue that reads open. 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 #8ecced, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8ecced

RGB142, 204, 237

HSL201, 73%, 74%

HSV201, 40%, 93%

CMYK40%, 14%, 0%, 7%

Lab79.07, -11.52, -22.53

XYZ48.03, 55.05, 88.21

Decimal9358573

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2905 C

Shades of sky blue

#70bee8 #52b1e3 #34a3df #2192cf #1c7db1 #176893 #135375 #0e3d57 #092838 #04131a

Tints of sky blue

#98d0ef #a2d5f0 #abd9f2 #b5def3 #bfe2f5 #c9e6f6 #d2ebf8 #dceff9 #e6f4fb #f0f8fd

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#edaf8e Analogous#8eeddf Analogous#8e9ced Triadic#ed8ecc Triadic#cced8e Split complementary#ed8e9c Split complementary#eddf8e

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 40, 14, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8ecced on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 14 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 17 4 13

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #8ecced straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8ecced; }
.text { color: #8ecced; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ecced; }

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 #8ecced against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ecced 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 #8ecced 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 #8ecced 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

Here is how the numbers for #8ecced are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.