Light blue

#cdebf4

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, pale and strong. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #cdebf4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdebf4

RGB205, 235, 244

HSL194, 64%, 88%

HSV194, 16%, 96%

CMYK16%, 4%, 0%, 4%

Lab91.2, -7.95, -7.66

XYZ71.21, 78.93, 97.07

Decimal13495284

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#abddec #88d0e5 #66c2dd #44b4d6 #2ba1c5 #2485a2 #1c6980 #154d5e #0d313b #061519

Tints of light blue

#d1ecf5 #d4eef6 #d8eff6 #dbf1f7 #dff2f8 #e2f3f9 #e6f5f9 #e9f6fa #edf8fb #f0f9fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f4d6cd Analogous#cdf4e9 Analogous#cdd8f4 Triadic#f4cdeb Triadic#ebf4cd Split complementary#f4cdd7 Split complementary#f4eacd

Light blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 16, 4, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdebf4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 4 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 8 4 10

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 #cdebf4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdebf4; }
.text { color: #cdebf4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdebf4; }

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 #cdebf4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdebf4 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 #cdebf4 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 #cdebf4 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 #cdebf4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.