Alice blue

#e5eaee

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

This is Alice blue, a muted blue at 207 degrees. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Alice blue color values

Every conversion for #e5eaee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5eaee
RGB229, 234, 238
HSL207, 21%, 92%
HSV207, 4%, 93%
CMYK4%, 2%, 0%, 7%
Lab92.43, -0.93, -2.53
XYZ77.17, 81.68, 92.59
Decimal15067886
Web safe#ccffff
Pantone656 C
Pantone656 CHex#e5eaeeRgb229 234 238Cmyk4 2 0 7Lab92 -1 -3Darker#8fa4b6Deep#bac7d2Lighter#edf0f3

Shades of alice blue

Tints of alice blue

Colors that go with alice blue

Alice blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 4, 2, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5eaee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
4 2 0 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
8 6 4 13
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 #e5eaee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5eaee; }
.text { color: #e5eaee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5eaee; }

How alice blue looks on light and dark

Alice blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e5eaee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.21:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
17.34:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5eaee 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 #e5eaee sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #e5eaee and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from alice blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #e5eaee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.