Sky blue

#8acfdc

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 teal at 190 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Sky blue color values

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

Hex#8acfdc
RGB138, 207, 220
HSL190, 54%, 70%
HSV190, 37%, 86%
CMYK37%, 6%, 0%, 14%
Lab79.15, -18.4, -13.32
XYZ45.71, 55.2, 75.95
Decimal9097180
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone630 C
Pantone630 CHex#8acfdcRgb138 207 220Cmyk37 6 0 14Lab79 -18 -13Darker#3293a6Deep#53b8ccLighter#c3e4ea

Shades of sky blue

Tints of sky blue

Colors that go with sky blue

Sky blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 37, 6, 0, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
37 6 0 14
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
38 10 4 20
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 #8acfdc straight into your stylesheet.

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

How sky blue looks on light and dark

Sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8acfdc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.74:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
12.04:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8acfdc 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 #8acfdc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #8acfdc and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #8acfdc 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.