Light blue

#aea2da

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

This is Light blue, a soft blue at 253 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 #aea2da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aea2da

RGB174, 162, 218

HSL253, 43%, 75%

HSV253, 26%, 85%

CMYK20%, 26%, 0%, 15%

Lab69.4, 15.83, -26.81

XYZ43.03, 39.9, 71.76

Decimal11444954

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light blue

#9889d0 #8270c6 #6d57bc #5b44ac #4d3a93 #40307a #332761 #261d48 #19132f #0c0916

Tints of light blue

#b5aadd #bcb2e0 #c3bae4 #cac2e7 #d1caea #d8d2ed #dfdaf0 #e6e2f4 #edeaf7 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cedaa2 Analogous#a2b2da Analogous#caa2da Triadic#daaea2 Triadic#a2daae Split complementary#dacaa2 Split complementary#b2daa2

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 20, 26, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aea2da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 26 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 28 4 21

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 #aea2da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aea2da; }
.text { color: #aea2da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aea2da; }

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 #aea2da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aea2da 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 #aea2da 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 #aea2da 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 #aea2da 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.