Light sky blue

#8bb8df

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

Light sky blue is a light blue that reads open. 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 #8bb8df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8bb8df

RGB139, 184, 223

HSL208, 57%, 71%

HSV208, 38%, 87%

CMYK38%, 17%, 0%, 13%

Lab72.96, -5.31, -24.31

XYZ41.11, 45.1, 76.35

Decimal9156831

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone278 C

Shades of light sky blue

#71a8d8 #5798d1 #3d88ca #3277b4 #2a669a #235580 #1c4466 #15324c #0e2132 #071018

Tints of light sky blue

#95bee2 #9fc4e5 #aacbe7 #b4d1ea #bed7ed #c8ddf0 #d2e4f3 #ddeaf6 #e7f0f8 #f1f6fb

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#dfb28b Analogous#8bdfdc Analogous#8b8edf Triadic#df8bb8 Triadic#b8df8b Split complementary#df8b8e Split complementary#dfdc8b

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 38, 17, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8bb8df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 17 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 20 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light sky blue in css

Copy #8bb8df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8bb8df; }
.text { color: #8bb8df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8bb8df; }

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 #8bb8df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8bb8df 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 #8bb8df 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 #8bb8df 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #8bb8df come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.