Sky blue

#82abc4

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 blue at 203 degrees. 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 #82abc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#82abc4

RGB130, 171, 196

HSL203, 36%, 64%

HSV203, 34%, 77%

CMYK34%, 13%, 0%, 23%

Lab67.92, -7.7, -17.21

XYZ33.73, 37.86, 57.75

Decimal8563652

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone550 C

Shades of sky blue

#6e9ebb #5a90b1 #4c81a1 #43718d #396179 #305165 #264151 #1d313d #132129 #0a1115

Tints of sky blue

#8db3c9 #99bacf #a4c2d4 #afc9d9 #bad1df #c6d9e4 #d1e0e9 #dce8ef #e8eff4 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#c49b82 Analogous#82c4bc Analogous#828ac4 Triadic#c482ab Triadic#abc482 Split complementary#c4828a Split complementary#c4bc82

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 34, 13, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #82abc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 13 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 16 4 29

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 #82abc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #82abc4; }
.text { color: #82abc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82abc4; }

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 #82abc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #82abc4 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 #82abc4 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 #82abc4 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

Here is how the numbers for #82abc4 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.