Light sky blue

#a1cbec

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

Light 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.

Light sky blue color values

Every conversion for #a1cbec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1cbec

RGB161, 203, 236

HSL206, 66%, 78%

HSV206, 32%, 93%

CMYK32%, 14%, 0%, 7%

Lab79.81, -6.16, -20.78

XYZ51.19, 56.35, 87.53

Decimal10603500

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone283 C

Shades of light sky blue

#83bae6 #64a9e0 #4698da #2a87d0 #2473b2 #1e6093 #184c75 #113856 #0b2438 #051119

Tints of light sky blue

#a9cfee #b1d4ef #b9d8f1 #c1ddf2 #c9e1f4 #d0e5f6 #d8eaf7 #e0eef9 #e8f2fa #f0f7fc

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#ecc2a1 Analogous#a1ece8 Analogous#a1a5ec Triadic#eca1cb Triadic#cbeca1 Split complementary#eca1a5 Split complementary#ece8a1

Light 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 32, 14, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1cbec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 14 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 17 4 13

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.

Light sky blue in css

Copy #a1cbec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1cbec; }
.text { color: #a1cbec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1cbec; }

How light sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a1cbec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1cbec against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a1cbec sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn light sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a1cbec 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 light sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a1cbec are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.