Light blue

#9cccdc

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 relaxed. 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 #9cccdc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9cccdc

RGB156, 204, 220

HSL195, 48%, 74%

HSV195, 29%, 86%

CMYK29%, 7%, 0%, 14%

Lab79.28, -11.92, -13.03

XYZ48.22, 55.42, 75.87

Decimal10276060

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#82bfd3 #69b2ca #4fa5c1 #3e93b0 #357e96 #2c697d #235363 #1a3e4a #112830 #081317

Tints of light blue

#a5d0df #add5e2 #b6d9e5 #bedee8 #c7e2eb #cfe7ee #d8ebf1 #e1eff4 #e9f4f7 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dcac9c Analogous#9cdccc Analogous#9cacdc Triadic#dc9ccc Triadic#ccdc9c Split complementary#dc9cac Split complementary#dccc9c

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 29, 7, 0, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 7 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 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 #9cccdc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9cccdc 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 #9cccdc 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 #9cccdc 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 #9cccdc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.