Light sky blue

#97cbfc

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

Light 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.

Light sky blue color values

Every conversion for #97cbfc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#97cbfc

RGB151, 203, 252

HSL209, 94%, 79%

HSV209, 40%, 99%

CMYK40%, 19%, 0%, 1%

Lab79.8, -4.79, -29.4

XYZ51.69, 56.32, 100.24

Decimal9948156

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone283 C

Shades of light sky blue

#73b9fb #4fa7fa #2a95f9 #0783f7 #066fd3 #055caf #04498a #033666 #022342 #01101e

Tints of light sky blue

#a8d4fc #b1d8fd #badcfd #c2e1fd #cbe5fd #d4e9fe #dceefe #e5f2fe #eef6fe

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#fcc897 Analogous#97fcfb Analogous#9798fc Triadic#fc97cb Triadic#cbfc97 Split complementary#fc9798 Split complementary#fcfb97

Light 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 40, 19, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #97cbfc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 19 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light sky blue in css

Copy #97cbfc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #97cbfc; }
.text { color: #97cbfc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #97cbfc; }

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 #97cbfc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #97cbfc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #97cbfc 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #97cbfc 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #97cbfc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.