Light blue

#bfb4e6

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 253 degrees. 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 #bfb4e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfb4e6

RGB191, 180, 230

HSL253, 50%, 80%

HSV253, 22%, 90%

CMYK17%, 22%, 0%, 10%

Lab75.72, 13.83, -23.57

XYZ52.09, 49.43, 81.66

Decimal12563686

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#a798dd #8e7bd3 #765fca #5e42c0 #4f37a5 #422e89 #34246c #261b50 #191133 #0b0817

Tints of light blue

#c4bae8 #cac0ea #cfc6ec #d4cdee #d9d3f0 #dfd9f2 #e4dff4 #e9e5f6 #eeebf8 #f4f2fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dbe6b4 Analogous#b4c2e6 Analogous#d8b4e6 Triadic#e6bfb4 Triadic#b4e6bf Split complementary#e6d8b4 Split complementary#c2e6b4

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 22, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfb4e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 22 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 24 4 16

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 #bfb4e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfb4e6; }
.text { color: #bfb4e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfb4e6; }

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 #bfb4e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfb4e6 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 #bfb4e6 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 #bfb4e6 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 #bfb4e6 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.