Light blue

#8bc4cc

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

This is Light blue, a soft teal at 187 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #8bc4cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8bc4cc

RGB139, 196, 204

HSL187, 39%, 67%

HSV187, 32%, 80%

CMYK32%, 4%, 0%, 20%

Lab75.66, -16.4, -9.92

XYZ41.29, 49.33, 64.47

Decimal9159884

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of light blue

#75b9c2 #60aeb9 #4ca1ad #438d97 #397982 #30656c #265056 #1c3c41 #13282b #091415

Tints of light blue

#95c9d1 #a0cfd5 #aad4da #b4d9de #bfdee3 #c9e4e7 #d4e9ec #deeef0 #e8f3f5 #f3f9fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cc938b Analogous#8bccb3 Analogous#8ba4cc Triadic#cc8bc4 Triadic#c4cc8b Split complementary#cc8ba4 Split complementary#ccb38b

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 32, 4, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8bc4cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 4 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 8 4 26

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 blue in css

Copy #8bc4cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8bc4cc; }
.text { color: #8bc4cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8bc4cc; }

How light blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8bc4cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8bc4cc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8bc4cc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8bc4cc 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 blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #8bc4cc is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.