Light sky blue

#85c7ea

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

This is Light sky blue, a strong blue at 201 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light sky blue color values

Every conversion for #85c7ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#85c7ea

RGB133, 199, 234

HSL201, 71%, 72%

HSV201, 43%, 92%

CMYK43%, 15%, 0%, 8%

Lab77.15, -11.94, -23.9

XYZ44.95, 51.77, 85.47

Decimal8767466

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone297 C

Shades of light sky blue

#68bae5 #4cade0 #2f9fdb #228dc6 #1d79aa #18648d #135070 #0e3c54 #092737 #04131a

Tints of light sky blue

#90ccec #9ad1ee #a5d6f0 #b0dbf1 #bae0f3 #c5e4f5 #d0e9f7 #daeef9 #e5f3fb #f0f8fc

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#eaa885 Analogous#85eada Analogous#8594ea Triadic#ea85c7 Triadic#c7ea85 Split complementary#ea8595 Split complementary#eada85

Light 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 43, 15, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #85c7ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 15 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 18 4 14

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 #85c7ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #85c7ea; }
.text { color: #85c7ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85c7ea; }

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 #85c7ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #85c7ea 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 #85c7ea 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 #85c7ea 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #85c7ea 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.