Light blue

#9a96cd

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

Light blue is a light blue that reads open. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #9a96cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9a96cd

RGB154, 150, 205

HSL244, 35%, 70%

HSV244, 27%, 80%

CMYK25%, 27%, 0%, 20%

Lab64.23, 13.4, -27.69

XYZ35.25, 33.09, 62.29

Decimal10131149

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of light blue

#8580c3 #706ab8 #5b54ae #4e4999 #433e83 #38346d #2d2957 #211f41 #16142b #0b0a15

Tints of light blue

#a39fd1 #aca9d6 #b5b2da #bebbdf #c7c4e3 #d0cee8 #d9d7ec #e1e0f0 #eaeaf5 #f3f3f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c9cd96 Analogous#96adcd Analogous#b696cd Triadic#cd9a96 Triadic#96cd9a Split complementary#cdb696 Split complementary#adcd96

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 25, 27, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9a96cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 27 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 29 4 26

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 #9a96cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9a96cd; }
.text { color: #9a96cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a96cd; }

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 #9a96cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9a96cd 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 #9a96cd 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 #9a96cd 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 #9a96cd are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.