Light sky blue

#96cefc

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

Light sky blue is a light blue that reads open. 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.

Light sky blue color values

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

Hex#96cefc

RGB150, 206, 252

HSL207, 94%, 79%

HSV207, 40%, 99%

CMYK40%, 18%, 0%, 1%

Lab80.55, -6.64, -28.25

XYZ52.22, 57.65, 100.47

Decimal9883388

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone283 C

Shades of light sky blue

#72bdfb #4eacfa #2a9bf9 #078af6 #0676d2 #0562ae #044e8a #033966 #022542 #01111e

Tints of light sky blue

#9fd2fc #a8d6fd #b0dafd #b9defd #c2e2fd #cbe7fe #d3ebfe #dceffe #e5f3fe #eef7ff

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#fcc496 Analogous#96fcf7 Analogous#969bfc Triadic#fc96ce Triadic#cefc96 Split complementary#fc969b Split complementary#fcf796

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 40, 18, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 18 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 21 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light sky blue in css

Copy #96cefc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #96cefc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #96cefc 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #96cefc 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #96cefc is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.