Light blue

#c5d4d5

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 muted. 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 #c5d4d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5d4d5

RGB197, 212, 213

HSL184, 16%, 80%

HSV184, 8%, 84%

CMYK8%, 0%, 0%, 16%

Lab83.84, -4.84, -2.24

XYZ58.58, 63.76, 72.17

Decimal12965077

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of light blue

#afc4c5 #99b3b5 #83a3a5 #6d9395 #5d7e80 #4d686a #3d5254 #2d3d3e #1d2728 #0d1112

Tints of light blue

#cad8d8 #cfdbdc #d3dfdf #d8e2e3 #dde6e6 #e2e9ea #e6eded #ebf0f1 #f0f4f4 #f5f7f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d5c6c5 Analogous#c5d5ce Analogous#c5ccd5 Triadic#d5c5d4 Triadic#d4d5c5 Split complementary#d5c5cc Split complementary#d5cec5

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 0, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5d4d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 4 22

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 #c5d4d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5d4d5; }
.text { color: #c5d4d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5d4d5; }

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 #c5d4d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5d4d5 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 #c5d4d5 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 #c5d4d5 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 #c5d4d5 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.