Light blue

#a3cbd4

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

Light blue is a light teal, soft between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #a3cbd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a3cbd4

RGB163, 203, 212

HSL191, 36%, 74%

HSV191, 23%, 83%

CMYK23%, 4%, 0%, 17%

Lab79.19, -11.16, -8.83

XYZ48.34, 55.25, 70.4

Decimal10734548

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#8cbec9 #74b0be #5da3b3 #4c92a2 #417d8a #366873 #2b525b #203d44 #15282c #0a1315

Tints of light blue

#abd0d8 #b3d4db #bbd9df #c3dde3 #cbe2e7 #d3e6ea #dbebee #e3eff2 #ebf4f6 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d4aca3 Analogous#a3d4c5 Analogous#a3b3d4 Triadic#d4a3cb Triadic#cbd4a3 Split complementary#d4a3b3 Split complementary#d4c5a3

Light 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 23, 4, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a3cbd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 4 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 8 4 23

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 blue in css

Copy #a3cbd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a3cbd4; }
.text { color: #a3cbd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a3cbd4; }

How light blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a3cbd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a3cbd4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a3cbd4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a3cbd4 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 blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a3cbd4 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.