Light blue

#98ced9

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, relaxed 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 #98ced9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#98ced9

RGB152, 206, 217

HSL190, 46%, 72%

HSV190, 30%, 85%

CMYK30%, 5%, 0%, 15%

Lab79.52, -14.8, -11.09

XYZ47.54, 55.83, 73.92

Decimal10014425

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone636 C

Shades of light blue

#7fc2d0 #67b6c7 #4eabbe #3f98ab #368292 #2d6c79 #245661 #1a4048 #112a2f #081416

Tints of light blue

#a1d2dc #aad7e0 #b3dbe3 #bcdfe6 #c5e3ea #cee8ed #d7ecf0 #e0f0f4 #e9f5f7 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d9a398 Analogous#98d9c4 Analogous#98add9 Triadic#d998ce Triadic#ced998 Split complementary#d998ad Split complementary#d9c498

Light blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 30, 5, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #98ced9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 5 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 9 4 21

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 #98ced9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #98ced9; }
.text { color: #98ced9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #98ced9; }

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 #98ced9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #98ced9 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 #98ced9 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 #98ced9 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

Every value on this page for #98ced9 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.