Light blue

#96c2d0

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 194 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #96c2d0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#96c2d0

RGB150, 194, 208

HSL194, 38%, 70%

HSV194, 28%, 82%

CMYK28%, 7%, 0%, 18%

Lab75.84, -11.25, -11.75

XYZ43.25, 49.62, 66.97

Decimal9880272

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#7fb5c6 #69a8bc #529bb2 #46889d #3c7486 #326170 #284d59 #1e3a42 #14262c #091215

Tints of light blue

#9fc7d4 #a9cdd8 #b2d2dc #bbd8e1 #c4dde5 #cee2e9 #d7e8ed #e0edf1 #e9f2f5 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d0a496 Analogous#96d0c1 Analogous#96a5d0 Triadic#d096c2 Triadic#c2d096 Split complementary#d096a5 Split complementary#d0c196

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 28, 7, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #96c2d0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 7 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 10 4 24

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 #96c2d0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #96c2d0; }
.text { color: #96c2d0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #96c2d0; }

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 #96c2d0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #96c2d0 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 #96c2d0 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 #96c2d0 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

The figures for #96c2d0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.