Sky blue

#5fd1fb

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

Sky blue is a mid blue that reads confident. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #5fd1fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5fd1fb

RGB95, 209, 251

HSL196, 95%, 68%

HSV196, 62%, 98%

CMYK62%, 17%, 0%, 2%

Lab79.04, -20.16, -30.23

XYZ44.93, 55.0, 99.51

Decimal6279675

Web safe#66ccff

Pantone2985 C

Shades of sky blue

#40c8fa #21bff9 #06b5f5 #059ed6 #0587b8 #047199 #035a7a #02435b #022d3d #01161e

Tints of sky blue

#7cd9fc #8addfc #98e1fc #a6e5fd #b5eafd #c3eefd #d1f2fe #dff6fe #eefaff

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#fb895f Analogous#5ffbd7 Analogous#5f83fb Triadic#fb5fd1 Triadic#d1fb5f Split complementary#fb5f83 Split complementary#fbd75f

Sky blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 62, 17, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5fd1fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 17 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 20 4 8

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Sky blue in css

Copy #5fd1fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5fd1fb; }
.text { color: #5fd1fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5fd1fb; }

How sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5fd1fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5fd1fb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5fd1fb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around sky blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5fd1fb 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 sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #5fd1fb 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 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.