Sky blue

#73bdcc

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

This is Sky blue, a soft teal at 190 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #73bdcc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#73bdcc
RGB115, 189, 204
HSL190, 47%, 63%
HSV190, 44%, 80%
CMYK44%, 7%, 0%, 20%
Lab72.49, -19.12, -14.77
XYZ36.17, 44.4, 63.79
Decimal7585228
Web safe#66cccc
Pantone637 C
Pantone637 CHex#73bdccRgb115 189 204Cmyk44 7 0 20Lab72 -19 -15Darker#2f7381Deep#42a2b5Lighter#aad4dc

Shades of sky blue

Tints of sky blue

Colors that go with sky blue

Sky blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 44, 7, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #73bdcc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
44 7 0 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
44 10 4 26
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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Sky blue in css

Copy #73bdcc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #73bdcc; }
.text { color: #73bdcc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #73bdcc; }

How sky blue looks on light and dark

Sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #73bdcc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.13:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.88:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #73bdcc 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 #73bdcc 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 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 #73bdcc and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #73bdcc 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.