Light blue

#cde9f7

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

Light blue is a pale blue that reads airy. 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 #cde9f7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cde9f7

RGB205, 233, 247

HSL200, 72%, 89%

HSV200, 17%, 97%

CMYK17%, 6%, 0%, 3%

Lab90.77, -6.31, -9.87

XYZ71.1, 77.97, 99.3

Decimal13494775

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a9d9f1 #84c9eb #60b9e6 #3ca9e0 #2196d0 #1b7cac #166187 #104763 #0a2d3f #04131a

Tints of light blue

#d0ebf8 #d4ecf8 #d7eef9 #dbeff9 #def1fa #e2f2fa #e5f4fb #e9f5fb #ecf7fc #f0f8fd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f7dbcd Analogous#cdf7f0 Analogous#cdd4f7 Triadic#f7cde9 Triadic#e9f7cd Split complementary#f7cdd4 Split complementary#f7f0cd

Light blue in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 17, 6, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cde9f7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 6 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 10 4 9

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 #cde9f7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cde9f7; }
.text { color: #cde9f7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cde9f7; }

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 #cde9f7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cde9f7 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 #cde9f7 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 #cde9f7 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 #cde9f7 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.