Light blue

#c4e8f2

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 strong. 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 #c4e8f2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4e8f2

RGB196, 232, 242

HSL193, 64%, 86%

HSV193, 19%, 95%

CMYK19%, 4%, 0%, 5%

Lab89.79, -9.59, -8.76

XYZ67.65, 75.86, 95.08

Decimal12904690

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#a3dbeb #81cee3 #60c1dc #3eb4d5 #2a9fc0 #23849f #1c687d #144c5c #0d313a #061519

Tints of light blue

#c8eaf3 #cdebf4 #d1edf5 #d6eff6 #daf1f7 #dff2f8 #e3f4f9 #e7f6fa #ecf8fb #f0f9fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f2cec4 Analogous#c4f2e5 Analogous#c4d1f2 Triadic#f2c4e8 Triadic#e8f2c4 Split complementary#f2c4d1 Split complementary#f2e5c4

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 4, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4e8f2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 4 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 8 4 11

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 #c4e8f2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4e8f2; }
.text { color: #c4e8f2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4e8f2; }

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 #c4e8f2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4e8f2 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 #c4e8f2 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 #c4e8f2 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 #c4e8f2 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. 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.