Sky blue

#8ac2da

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

Sky blue is a light blue that reads open. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #8ac2da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8ac2da

RGB138, 194, 218

HSL198, 52%, 70%

HSV198, 37%, 85%

CMYK37%, 11%, 0%, 15%

Lab75.48, -12.19, -17.77

XYZ42.43, 49.05, 73.56

Decimal9093850

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone297 C

Shades of sky blue

#71b5d2 #59a8ca #409bc3 #3688ac #2e7593 #27617a #1f4d61 #173a49 #0f2630 #071217

Tints of sky blue

#94c7dd #9fcde1 #a9d2e4 #b3d8e7 #beddea #c8e2ee #d2e8f1 #ddedf4 #e7f3f7 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#daa28a Analogous#8adaca Analogous#8a9ada Triadic#da8ac2 Triadic#c2da8a Split complementary#da8a9a Split complementary#daca8a

Sky blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 37, 11, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8ac2da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 11 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 14 4 21

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 #8ac2da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8ac2da; }
.text { color: #8ac2da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ac2da; }

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 #8ac2da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ac2da 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 #8ac2da 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 #8ac2da 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 #8ac2da 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.