Light blue

#b5aed9

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 250 degrees. 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 #b5aed9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5aed9

RGB181, 174, 217

HSL250, 36%, 77%

HSV250, 20%, 85%

CMYK17%, 20%, 0%, 15%

Lab72.96, 11.14, -20.77

XYZ46.72, 45.11, 71.89

Decimal11906777

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#9f95cd #887dc2 #7264b6 #5d4fa8 #50438f #423877 #342c5e #272146 #19152d #0c0a15

Tints of light blue

#bbb5dc #c2bcdf #c8c3e3 #cecae6 #d4d0e9 #dbd7ec #e1def0 #e7e5f3 #eeecf6 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d2d9ae Analogous#aebcd9 Analogous#cbaed9 Triadic#d9b5ae Triadic#aed9b5 Split complementary#d9cbae Split complementary#bcd9ae

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 20, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5aed9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 20 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 22 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 #b5aed9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5aed9; }
.text { color: #b5aed9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5aed9; }

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 #b5aed9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5aed9 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 #b5aed9 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 #b5aed9 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 #b5aed9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.