Sky blue

#96cde6

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 relaxed. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #96cde6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#96cde6

RGB150, 205, 230

HSL199, 62%, 75%

HSV199, 35%, 90%

CMYK35%, 11%, 0%, 10%

Lab79.53, -11.71, -18.04

XYZ48.69, 55.86, 83.08

Decimal9883110

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2905 C

Shades of sky blue

#7ac0df #5eb2d9 #41a5d2 #2e94c2 #277ea6 #21698a #1a536d #133e51 #0d2835 #061319

Tints of sky blue

#9fd1e8 #a8d6ea #b1daec #badeef #c3e3f1 #cce7f3 #d5ebf5 #def0f7 #e8f4f9 #f1f8fc

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#e6af96 Analogous#96e6d7 Analogous#96a5e6 Triadic#e696cd Triadic#cde696 Split complementary#e696a5 Split complementary#e6d796

Sky blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 35, 11, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #96cde6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 11 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 14 4 16

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 #96cde6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #96cde6; }
.text { color: #96cde6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #96cde6; }

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 #96cde6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #96cde6 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 #96cde6 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 #96cde6 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 #96cde6 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.