Light blue

#a7ced3

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and soft. 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 #a7ced3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a7ced3

RGB167, 206, 211

HSL187, 33%, 74%

HSV187, 21%, 83%

CMYK21%, 2%, 0%, 17%

Lab80.21, -11.72, -6.74

XYZ49.77, 57.06, 70.02

Decimal10997459

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone629 C

Shades of light blue

#90c1c7 #79b4bc #62a7b0 #50969f #448088 #396b71 #2d555a #213f43 #16292c #0a1314

Tints of light blue

#afd2d7 #b6d6db #bedbde #c5dfe2 #cde3e6 #d5e7ea #dcecee #e4f0f1 #ebf4f5 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d3aca7 Analogous#a7d3c2 Analogous#a7b8d3 Triadic#d3a7ce Triadic#ced3a7 Split complementary#d3a7b8 Split complementary#d3c2a7

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 21, 2, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a7ced3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 2 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 6 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 #a7ced3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a7ced3; }
.text { color: #a7ced3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a7ced3; }

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 #a7ced3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a7ced3 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 #a7ced3 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 #a7ced3 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 #a7ced3 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.