Light sky blue

#66bdfd

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

Light sky blue sits in the blue band, light and vivid. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light sky blue color values

Every conversion for #66bdfd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#66bdfd

RGB102, 189, 253

HSL205, 97%, 70%

HSV205, 60%, 99%

CMYK60%, 25%, 0%, 1%

Lab73.75, -7.81, -39.47

XYZ41.41, 46.31, 99.69

Decimal6733309

Web safe#66ccff

Pantone292 C

Shades of light sky blue

#46affd #26a1fc #0694fc #0381de #026fbe #025c9e #02497e #01375e #01243e #00121e

Tints of light sky blue

#74c3fd #81c9fd #8fcffe #9cd4fe #aadafe #b7e0fe #c5e6fe #d2ecfe #e0f2ff #edf7ff

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#fda666 Analogous#66fdf1 Analogous#6672fd Triadic#fd66bd Triadic#bdfd66 Split complementary#fd6672 Split complementary#fdf266

Light sky blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 60, 25, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #66bdfd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

60 25 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

59 27 4 7

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.

Light sky blue in css

Copy #66bdfd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #66bdfd; }
.text { color: #66bdfd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #66bdfd; }

How light sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #66bdfd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #66bdfd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #66bdfd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #66bdfd 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 sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #66bdfd 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. 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.