Light blue

#98bcbc

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, mid and muted. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #98bcbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#98bcbc

RGB152, 188, 188

HSL180, 21%, 67%

HSV180, 19%, 74%

CMYK19%, 0%, 0%, 26%

Lab73.72, -12.01, -4.01

XYZ40.01, 46.27, 54.4

Decimal10009788

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5493 C

Shades of light blue

#85b0b0 #73a4a4 #619696 #558383 #497070 #3d5e5e #314b4b #243838 #182525 #0c1313

Tints of light blue

#a1c2c2 #aac8c8 #b4cece #bdd4d4 #c6dada #cfe0e0 #d9e6e6 #e2ecec #ebf2f2 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#bc9898 Analogous#98bcaa Analogous#98aabc Triadic#bc98bc Triadic#bcbc98 Split complementary#bc98aa Split complementary#bcaa98

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 0, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #98bcbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 0 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 4 4 32

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

Light blue in css

Copy #98bcbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #98bcbc; }
.text { color: #98bcbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #98bcbc; }

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 #98bcbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #98bcbc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #98bcbc 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #98bcbc 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #98bcbc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.