Light blue

#acd4e5

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

Light 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.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #acd4e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#acd4e5

RGB172, 212, 229

HSL198, 52%, 79%

HSV198, 25%, 90%

CMYK25%, 7%, 0%, 10%

Lab82.65, -9.34, -12.69

XYZ54.7, 61.51, 83.12

Decimal11326693

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#90c5dc #74b7d3 #57a8ca #3c99c1 #3383a4 #2b6c88 #22566c #193f50 #102934 #071317

Tints of light blue

#b3d8e7 #badbe9 #c1dfec #c8e2ee #cfe6f0 #d6eaf2 #ddedf4 #e4f1f6 #eaf4f9 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e5bdac Analogous#ace5d9 Analogous#acb8e5 Triadic#e5acd4 Triadic#d4e5ac Split complementary#e5acb8 Split complementary#e5daac

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 7, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #acd4e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 7 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 10 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.

Light blue in css

Copy #acd4e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #acd4e5; }
.text { color: #acd4e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #acd4e5; }

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 #acd4e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #acd4e5 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 #acd4e5 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 #acd4e5 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

Every value on this page for #acd4e5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.