Light blue

#adddf1

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

This is Light blue, a strong blue at 198 degrees. 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 #adddf1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#adddf1

RGB173, 221, 241

HSL198, 71%, 81%

HSV198, 28%, 95%

CMYK28%, 8%, 0%, 5%

Lab85.48, -10.96, -14.82

XYZ58.97, 66.95, 93.03

Decimal11394545

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#8ccfeb #6cc2e6 #4bb4e0 #2aa7db #2090be #1b779d #155e7c #10455c #0a2d3b #04141a

Tints of light blue

#b4e0f2 #bae3f3 #c1e5f4 #c8e8f6 #ceebf7 #d5eef8 #dcf0f9 #e2f3fa #e9f6fb #f0f9fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f1c1ad Analogous#adf1e3 Analogous#adbbf1 Triadic#f1addd Triadic#ddf1ad Split complementary#f1adbb Split complementary#f1e3ad

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 28, 8, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #adddf1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 8 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 11 4 11

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 #adddf1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #adddf1; }
.text { color: #adddf1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #adddf1; }

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 #adddf1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #adddf1 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 #adddf1 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 #adddf1 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 #adddf1 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.