Light blue

#c2dee3

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 #c2dee3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2dee3

RGB194, 222, 227

HSL189, 37%, 83%

HSV189, 15%, 89%

CMYK15%, 2%, 0%, 11%

Lab86.63, -8.2, -5.57

XYZ62.23, 69.26, 82.76

Decimal12771043

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#a7d0d7 #8cc1ca #72b3be #57a4b2 #478e9b #3b7680 #2e5d65 #22444a #162c30 #0a1315

Tints of light blue

#c7e1e5 #cce3e7 #d1e6ea #d6e9ec #daebee #dfeef0 #e4f0f3 #e9f3f5 #eef6f7 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e3c7c2 Analogous#c2e3d7 Analogous#c2cee3 Triadic#e3c2de Triadic#dee3c2 Split complementary#e3c2ce Split complementary#e3d7c2

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 15, 2, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2dee3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 2 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 6 4 17

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 #c2dee3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2dee3; }
.text { color: #c2dee3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2dee3; }

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 #c2dee3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2dee3 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 #c2dee3 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 #c2dee3 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

Here is how the numbers for #c2dee3 are worked out. 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.