Sky blue

#7cbfd7

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

Sky blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. 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 #7cbfd7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7cbfd7

RGB124, 191, 215

HSL196, 53%, 66%

HSV196, 42%, 84%

CMYK42%, 11%, 0%, 16%

Lab73.84, -15.03, -18.69

XYZ39.21, 46.45, 71.19

Decimal8175575

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone297 C

Shades of sky blue

#64b3d0 #4da8c9 #3a9abd #3287a5 #2b748e #246076 #1d4d5e #163a47 #0e262f #071317

Tints of sky blue

#88c5db #93cade #9fd0e2 #abd6e5 #b7dce9 #c2e1ec #cee7f0 #daedf4 #e6f3f7 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#d7947c Analogous#7cd7c1 Analogous#7c92d7 Triadic#d77cbf Triadic#bfd77c Split complementary#d77c92 Split complementary#d7c17c

Sky blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 42, 11, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7cbfd7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 11 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 14 4 22

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 #7cbfd7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7cbfd7; }
.text { color: #7cbfd7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7cbfd7; }

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 #7cbfd7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7cbfd7 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 #7cbfd7 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 #7cbfd7 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 #7cbfd7 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.