Light blue

#c2cdcd

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

This is Light blue, a grey teal at 180 degrees. 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 #c2cdcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2cdcd

RGB194, 205, 205

HSL180, 10%, 78%

HSV180, 5%, 80%

CMYK5%, 0%, 0%, 20%

Lab81.59, -3.73, -1.3

XYZ55.1, 59.54, 66.35

Decimal12766669

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5445 C

Shades of light blue

#aebcbc #9aacac #859b9b #718a8a #617676 #506262 #404e4e #2f3939 #1e2525 #0e1111

Tints of light blue

#c7d1d1 #ccd5d5 #d1dada #d6dede #dce2e2 #e1e6e6 #e6eaea #ebefef #f0f3f3 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cdc2c2 Analogous#c2cdc8 Analogous#c2c8cd Triadic#cdc2cd Triadic#cdcdc2 Split complementary#cdc2c8 Split complementary#cdc8c2

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 5, 0, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2cdcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 0 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 4 4 26

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 #c2cdcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2cdcd; }
.text { color: #c2cdcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2cdcd; }

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 #c2cdcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2cdcd 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 #c2cdcd 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 #c2cdcd 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 #c2cdcd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.