Light blue

#c8dce2

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 #c8dce2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8dce2

RGB200, 220, 226

HSL194, 31%, 84%

HSV194, 12%, 89%

CMYK12%, 3%, 0%, 11%

Lab86.48, -5.46, -5.22

XYZ63.14, 68.96, 81.93

Decimal13163746

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#aeccd4 #94bbc7 #7aabb9 #609aab #4f8595 #416e7c #345762 #264048 #18292e #0b1214

Tints of light blue

#ccdfe4 #d1e2e7 #d5e4e9 #d9e7eb #deeaed #e2edf0 #e6eff2 #ebf2f4 #eff5f7 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e2cec8 Analogous#c8e2db Analogous#c8cfe2 Triadic#e2c8dc Triadic#dce2c8 Split complementary#e2c8cf Split complementary#e2dbc8

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 3, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8dce2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 3 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 7 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 #c8dce2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8dce2; }
.text { color: #c8dce2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8dce2; }

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 #c8dce2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8dce2 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 #c8dce2 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 #c8dce2 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

Every value on this page for #c8dce2 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.