Light blue

#b5d8ee

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b5d8ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5d8ee

RGB181, 216, 238

HSL203, 63%, 82%

HSV203, 24%, 93%

CMYK24%, 9%, 0%, 7%

Lab84.54, -6.73, -14.59

XYZ59.04, 65.11, 90.34

Decimal11917550

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light blue

#95c7e7 #76b7df #56a6d8 #3795d1 #2a80b7 #236a97 #1b5478 #143e58 #0d2838 #061119

Tints of light blue

#bbdbef #c1def1 #c7e1f2 #cde5f3 #d3e8f5 #d9ebf6 #dfeef8 #e5f1f9 #ebf4fa #f0f7fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#eecbb5 Analogous#b5eee8 Analogous#b5bbee Triadic#eeb5d8 Triadic#d8eeb5 Split complementary#eeb5bb Split complementary#eee8b5

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 24, 9, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5d8ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 9 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 12 4 13

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 #b5d8ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5d8ee; }
.text { color: #b5d8ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5d8ee; }

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 #b5d8ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5d8ee 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 #b5d8ee 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 #b5d8ee 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 #b5d8ee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.