Light sky blue

#80bbde

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

Light 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.

Light sky blue color values

Every conversion for #80bbde, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#80bbde

RGB128, 187, 222

HSL202, 59%, 69%

HSV202, 42%, 87%

CMYK42%, 16%, 0%, 13%

Lab73.16, -10.05, -23.51

XYZ39.86, 45.4, 75.77

Decimal8436702

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone292 C

Shades of light sky blue

#67add7 #4da0d1 #3492ca #2e80b0 #276d97 #215b7e #1a4964 #13364b #0d2432 #061218

Tints of light sky blue

#8bc1e1 #97c7e4 #a2cde7 #add3ea #b8d9ed #c4dff0 #cfe5f3 #daebf5 #e6f1f8 #f1f7fb

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#dea380 Analogous#80ded2 Analogous#808cde Triadic#de80bb Triadic#bbde80 Split complementary#de808c Split complementary#ded280

Light sky blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 42, 16, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #80bbde on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 16 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 19 4 19

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.

Light sky blue in css

Copy #80bbde straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #80bbde; }
.text { color: #80bbde; }
.border { border: 2px solid #80bbde; }

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 #80bbde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #80bbde 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 #80bbde 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 #80bbde 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

Here is how the numbers for #80bbde are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.