Sky blue

#8fddfd

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

Sky blue sits in the blue band, light and vivid. 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.

Sky blue color values

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

Hex#8fddfd

RGB143, 221, 253

HSL197, 96%, 78%

HSV197, 43%, 99%

CMYK43%, 13%, 0%, 1%

Lab84.3, -15.89, -23.09

XYZ54.91, 64.64, 102.51

Decimal9428477

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone297 C

Shades of sky blue

#6bd2fc #47c7fc #23bcfb #04aff5 #0496d2 #037cae #02628a #024966 #012f42 #01151e

Tints of sky blue

#a2e3fd #b5e8fe #beebfe #c8eefe #d1f1fe #dbf4fe #e4f7ff #edfaff

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#fdaf8f Analogous#8ffde6 Analogous#8fa6fd Triadic#fd8fdd Triadic#ddfd8f Split complementary#fd8fa6 Split complementary#fde68f

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 43, 13, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 13 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 16 4 7

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.

Sky blue in css

Copy #8fddfd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

The figures for #8fddfd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.