Light blue

#9a99de

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, light and soft. 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 #9a99de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9a99de

RGB154, 153, 222

HSL241, 51%, 74%

HSV241, 31%, 87%

CMYK31%, 31%, 0%, 13%

Lab65.69, 15.91, -34.88

XYZ37.9, 34.93, 73.85

Decimal10131934

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#807fd6 #6665cd #4d4bc5 #3c3ab3 #333299 #2a297f #222165 #19184b #101031 #080717

Tints of light blue

#a3a2e1 #acabe4 #b4b4e7 #bdbce9 #c6c5ec #cfceef #d7d7f2 #e0e0f5 #e9e9f8 #f2f2fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ddde99 Analogous#99bbde Analogous#bc99de Triadic#de9a99 Triadic#99de9a Split complementary#debc99 Split complementary#bbde99

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 31, 31, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9a99de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 31 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 33 4 19

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 #9a99de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9a99de; }
.text { color: #9a99de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a99de; }

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 #9a99de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9a99de 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 #9a99de 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 #9a99de 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

Every value on this page for #9a99de is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.