Light blue

#cae8fd

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

This is Light blue, a vivid blue at 205 degrees. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #cae8fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cae8fd

RGB202, 232, 253

HSL205, 93%, 89%

HSV205, 20%, 99%

CMYK20%, 8%, 0%, 1%

Lab90.49, -5.45, -13.44

XYZ70.94, 77.36, 104.12

Decimal13297917

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light blue

#a1d6fb #78c5fa #4fb3f8 #26a1f7 #098dea #0775c1 #065c98 #04436f #032a46 #01121d

Tints of light blue

#ceeafd #d1ebfd #d5edfd #d8eefe #dcf0fe #dff1fe #e3f3fe #e7f4fe #eaf6fe #eef8fe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fddfca Analogous#cafdf9 Analogous#cacefd Triadic#fdcae8 Triadic#e8fdca Split complementary#fdcace Split complementary#fdf9ca

Light blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 20, 8, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cae8fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 8 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 11 4 7

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #cae8fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cae8fd; }
.text { color: #cae8fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cae8fd; }

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 #cae8fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cae8fd 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 #cae8fd 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 #cae8fd 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 #cae8fd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.