Light blue

#cbdce4

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, light and soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #cbdce4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbdce4

RGB203, 220, 228

HSL199, 32%, 85%

HSV199, 11%, 89%

CMYK11%, 4%, 0%, 11%

Lab86.74, -4.1, -5.87

XYZ64.23, 69.48, 83.43

Decimal13360356

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#b1cad6 #96b9c9 #7ca7bb #6295ad #4f8198 #416a7e #345463 #263e49 #18272e #0a1114

Tints of light blue

#cfdfe6 #d3e1e8 #d7e4ea #dbe7ec #dfeaee #e3ecf1 #e7eff3 #ebf2f5 #eff4f7 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e4d3cb Analogous#cbe4e0 Analogous#cbcfe4 Triadic#e4cbdc Triadic#dce4cb Split complementary#e4cbcf Split complementary#e4e0cb

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 11, 4, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbdce4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 4 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 8 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 #cbdce4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbdce4; }
.text { color: #cbdce4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbdce4; }

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 #cbdce4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbdce4 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 #cbdce4 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 #cbdce4 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 #cbdce4 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.