Light blue

#9c9ed6

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

This is Light blue, a soft blue at 238 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #9c9ed6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c9ed6

RGB156, 158, 214

HSL238, 41%, 73%

HSV238, 27%, 84%

CMYK27%, 26%, 0%, 16%

Lab66.81, 11.66, -28.71

XYZ38.07, 36.38, 68.63

Decimal10264278

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8486cc #6c6fc2 #5457b8 #4548a6 #3b3e8e #313376 #27295e #1d1e46 #13142e #090916

Tints of light blue

#a5a6da #adafdd #b6b7e1 #bfc0e4 #c7c8e8 #d0d1eb #d8d9ef #e1e2f3 #eaeaf6 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d6d49c Analogous#9cbbd6 Analogous#b79cd6 Triadic#d69c9e Triadic#9ed69c Split complementary#d6b79c Split complementary#bbd69c

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 27, 26, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c9ed6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 26 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 28 4 22

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 #9c9ed6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c9ed6; }
.text { color: #9c9ed6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c9ed6; }

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 #9c9ed6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c9ed6 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 #9c9ed6 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 #9c9ed6 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 #9c9ed6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.