Light blue

#98cbdb

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, open 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 #98cbdb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#98cbdb

RGB152, 203, 219

HSL194, 48%, 73%

HSV194, 31%, 86%

CMYK31%, 7%, 0%, 14%

Lab78.75, -12.78, -13.31

XYZ47.09, 54.5, 75.06

Decimal10013659

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone2905 C

Shades of light blue

#7fbed2 #66b2c9 #4ca5c1 #3d93ae #347e95 #2b687c #225362 #1a3e49 #112830 #081317

Tints of light blue

#a1d0de #aad4e1 #b3d9e4 #bcdde8 #c5e2eb #cee6ee #d7ebf1 #e0eff4 #e9f4f7 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dba898 Analogous#98dbca Analogous#98a9db Triadic#db98cb Triadic#cbdb98 Split complementary#db98a9 Split complementary#dbc998

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 31, 7, 0, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 7 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 10 4 20

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 #98cbdb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #98cbdb 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 #98cbdb 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 #98cbdb 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 #98cbdb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.