Sky blue

#82c8df

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

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.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #82c8df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#82c8df

RGB130, 200, 223

HSL195, 59%, 69%

HSV195, 42%, 87%

CMYK42%, 10%, 0%, 13%

Lab76.91, -16.1, -18.35

XYZ43.18, 51.38, 77.45

Decimal8571103

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone297 C

Shades of sky blue

#68bdd8 #4fb1d2 #35a6cb #2e92b2 #277d99 #21687f #1a5365 #133e4c #0d2932 #061418

Tints of sky blue

#8dcde2 #98d2e5 #a3d7e8 #aedbea #b9e0ed #c4e5f0 #d0eaf3 #dbeff6 #e6f4f9 #f1f9fb

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#df9982 Analogous#82dfc8 Analogous#8299df Triadic#df82c8 Triadic#c8df82 Split complementary#df8299 Split complementary#dfc882

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 42, 10, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #82c8df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 10 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 13 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Sky blue in css

Copy #82c8df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #82c8df; }
.text { color: #82c8df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82c8df; }

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 #82c8df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #82c8df against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #82c8df 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #82c8df 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 #82c8df come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.