Light blue

#b5a5ea

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 soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b5a5ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5a5ea

RGB181, 165, 234

HSL254, 62%, 78%

HSV254, 29%, 92%

CMYK23%, 29%, 0%, 8%

Lab71.33, 19.96, -32.55

XYZ47.36, 42.67, 83.58

Decimal11904490

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9c87e3 #8469dc #6b4bd5 #5430cc #4829ae #3b2290 #2f1b72 #231455 #160d37 #0a0619

Tints of light blue

#bbadec #c1b4ee #c8bcef #cec3f1 #d4cbf3 #dad2f5 #e0daf6 #e7e1f8 #ede9fa #f3f1fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#daeaa5 Analogous#a5b7ea Analogous#d8a5ea Triadic#eab5a5 Triadic#a5eab5 Split complementary#ead8a5 Split complementary#b7eaa5

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 29, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5a5ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 29 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 31 4 14

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 #b5a5ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5a5ea; }
.text { color: #b5a5ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5a5ea; }

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 #b5a5ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5a5ea 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 #b5a5ea 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 #b5a5ea 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 #b5a5ea are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.