Light blue

#b8d5dc

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

Light blue is a light teal, soft between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b8d5dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8d5dc

RGB184, 213, 220

HSL192, 34%, 79%

HSV192, 16%, 86%

CMYK16%, 3%, 0%, 14%

Lab83.41, -8.15, -6.69

XYZ56.48, 62.95, 76.88

Decimal12113372

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#9fc6d0 #86b7c3 #6da9b7 #549aab #488392 #3b6d79 #2f5660 #234047 #16292e #0a1214

Tints of light blue

#bed8df #c4dce2 #cadfe5 #d0e3e8 #d6e6eb #dbeaed #e1edf0 #e7f1f3 #edf4f6 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dcbfb8 Analogous#b8dcd1 Analogous#b8c3dc Triadic#dcb8d5 Triadic#d5dcb8 Split complementary#dcb8c3 Split complementary#dcd1b8

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 3, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8d5dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 3 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 7 4 20

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 #b8d5dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8d5dc; }
.text { color: #b8d5dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8d5dc; }

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 #b8d5dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8d5dc 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 #b8d5dc 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 #b8d5dc 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

Every value on this page for #b8d5dc is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.