Light blue

#aacbd2

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #aacbd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aacbd2

RGB170, 203, 210

HSL191, 31%, 75%

HSV191, 19%, 82%

CMYK19%, 3%, 0%, 18%

Lab79.56, -9.45, -7.15

XYZ49.57, 55.91, 69.15

Decimal11193298

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#93bdc6 #7cafba #65a1ae #53909d #477b86 #3b666f #2f5159 #233c42 #17272b #0b1214

Tints of light blue

#b1cfd6 #b9d4da #c0d8de #c7dde2 #cfe1e5 #d6e6e9 #ddeaed #e5eff1 #ecf3f5 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d2b1aa Analogous#aad2c5 Analogous#aab7d2 Triadic#d2aacb Triadic#cbd2aa Split complementary#d2aab7 Split complementary#d2c5aa

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 3, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aacbd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 3 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 7 4 24

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 #aacbd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aacbd2; }
.text { color: #aacbd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aacbd2; }

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 #aacbd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aacbd2 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 #aacbd2 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 #aacbd2 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

The figures for #aacbd2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.