Alice blue

#dfecfa

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

Alice blue sits in the blue band, pale and strong. 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.

Alice blue color values

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

Hex#dfecfa

RGB223, 236, 250

HSL211, 73%, 93%

HSV211, 11%, 98%

CMYK11%, 6%, 0%, 2%

Lab92.83, -1.62, -8.24

XYZ77.68, 82.58, 102.29

Decimal14675194

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of alice blue

#b9d5f4 #92bfee #6ca8e8 #4691e2 #227ada #1c65b4 #164f8d #103a67 #0a2441 #040f1a

Tints of alice blue

#e1edfa #e2eefb #e4effb #e6f0fb #e7f1fb #e9f2fc #ebf3fc #ecf4fc #eef5fc #f0f6fd

Colors that go with alice blue

Complementary#faeddf Analogous#dffafa Analogous#e0dffa Triadic#fadfec Triadic#ecfadf Split complementary#fae0df Split complementary#fafadf

Alice blue in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 11, 6, 0, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 6 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 10 4 8

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.

Alice blue in css

Copy #dfecfa straight into your stylesheet.

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

How alice blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Alice blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dfecfa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfecfa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Alice blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dfecfa sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around alice blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn alice blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dfecfa 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 alice blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dfecfa are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.