Light blue

#97dced

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

Light blue is a light teal, soft between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#97dced

RGB151, 220, 237

HSL192, 70%, 76%

HSV192, 36%, 93%

CMYK36%, 7%, 0%, 7%

Lab83.9, -17.42, -15.19

XYZ53.64, 63.88, 89.62

Decimal9952493

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone636 C

Shades of light blue

#79d2e8 #5ac7e2 #3cbddd #24afd1 #1f95b2 #1a7c94 #146275 #0f4957 #0a2f39 #05161a

Tints of light blue

#a9e2f0 #bbe8f3 #cceef6 #d5f1f8 #def4f9 #e7f7fb #f0fafc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#eda897 Analogous#97edd3 Analogous#97b1ed Triadic#ed97dc Triadic#dced97 Split complementary#ed97b1 Split complementary#edd397

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 36, 7, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 7 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 10 4 13

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 #97dced straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #97dced 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 #97dced 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 #97dced 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 #97dced 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.