Sky blue

#95dcff

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #95dcff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#95dcff

RGB149, 220, 255

HSL200, 100%, 79%

HSV200, 42%, 100%

CMYK42%, 14%, 0%, 0%

Lab84.38, -13.41, -24.0

XYZ56.04, 64.8, 104.16

Decimal9821439

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone297 C

Shades of sky blue

#70d0ff #4ac3ff #25b7ff #00abff #0092d9 #0079b4 #00608f #004769 #002e44 #00141f

Tints of sky blue

#a7e2ff #b8e8ff #c1ebff #caedff #d3f0ff #dcf3ff #e4f6ff #edf9ff

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#ffb895 Analogous#95ffed Analogous#95a7ff Triadic#ff95dc Triadic#dcff95 Split complementary#ff95a7 Split complementary#ffed95

Sky blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 42, 14, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #95dcff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 14 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 17 4 6

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 #95dcff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #95dcff; }
.text { color: #95dcff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #95dcff; }

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 #95dcff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #95dcff 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 #95dcff 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 #95dcff 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

Here is how the numbers for #95dcff 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.