Light blue

#92bec1

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

Light blue is a mid teal, grounded between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #92bec1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#92bec1

RGB146, 190, 193

HSL184, 27%, 66%

HSV184, 24%, 76%

CMYK24%, 2%, 0%, 24%

Lab74.05, -13.8, -6.28

XYZ39.89, 46.79, 57.38

Decimal9617089

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of light blue

#7eb2b6 #6ba7ab #59999d #4e8689 #437376 #385f62 #2d4c4e #21393b #162627 #0b1314

Tints of light blue

#9cc4c7 #a6cacc #afcfd2 #b9d5d7 #c3dbdd #cde1e2 #d6e7e8 #e0eded #eaf2f3 #f4f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c19592 Analogous#92c1ad Analogous#92a6c1 Triadic#c192be Triadic#bec192 Split complementary#c192a6 Split complementary#c1ad92

Light 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 24, 2, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #92bec1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 2 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 6 4 30

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 #92bec1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #92bec1; }
.text { color: #92bec1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #92bec1; }

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 #92bec1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #92bec1 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 #92bec1 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 #92bec1 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

Here is how the numbers for #92bec1 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.