Light blue

#b8d8de

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and soft. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b8d8de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8d8de

RGB184, 216, 222

HSL189, 37%, 80%

HSV189, 17%, 87%

CMYK17%, 3%, 0%, 13%

Lab84.26, -9.28, -6.5

XYZ57.51, 64.58, 78.54

Decimal12114142

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#9ecad2 #85bcc6 #6baeba #51a0ae #458895 #39717b #2d5a62 #224248 #162b2f #0a1315

Tints of light blue

#bedbe1 #c4dee3 #cae2e6 #d0e5e9 #d5e8ec #dbebee #e1eff1 #e7f2f4 #edf5f7 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#debeb8 Analogous#b8ded1 Analogous#b8c5de Triadic#deb8d8 Triadic#d8deb8 Split complementary#deb8c5 Split complementary#ded1b8

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 3, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8d8de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 3 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 7 4 19

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 #b8d8de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8d8de; }
.text { color: #b8d8de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8d8de; }

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 #b8d8de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8d8de 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 #b8d8de 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 #b8d8de 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 #b8d8de is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.