Light sky blue

#8fc4f4

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

Light sky blue sits in the blue band, light and vivid. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light sky blue color values

Every conversion for #8fc4f4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8fc4f4

RGB143, 196, 244

HSL209, 82%, 76%

HSV209, 41%, 96%

CMYK41%, 20%, 0%, 4%

Lab77.19, -5.19, -29.15

XYZ47.4, 51.85, 93.1

Decimal9422068

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone283 C

Shades of light sky blue

#6fb3f1 #4ea2ee #2e91ea #167fdf #136dbe #0f5a9e #0c487d #09355d #06223c #03101c

Tints of light sky blue

#99c9f5 #a2cef6 #acd3f7 #b5d8f8 #bfddf9 #c8e2fa #d2e7fb #dcecfc #e5f1fc #eff6fd

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#f4bf8f Analogous#8ff4f2 Analogous#8f92f4 Triadic#f48fc4 Triadic#c4f48f Split complementary#f48f91 Split complementary#f4f18f

Light sky blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 41, 20, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8fc4f4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 20 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 22 4 10

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #8fc4f4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8fc4f4; }
.text { color: #8fc4f4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8fc4f4; }

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 #8fc4f4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8fc4f4 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 #8fc4f4 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 #8fc4f4 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

Every value on this page for #8fc4f4 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.