Light blue

#9dbac3

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, mid and muted. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #9dbac3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9dbac3

RGB157, 186, 195

HSL194, 24%, 69%

HSV194, 19%, 76%

CMYK19%, 5%, 0%, 24%

Lab73.69, -7.85, -7.83

XYZ41.31, 46.23, 58.37

Decimal10336963

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#89acb7 #759eab #61909e #557e8b #496c77 #3c5a63 #30484f #24353b #182327 #0c1113

Tints of light blue

#a6c0c8 #aec6ce #b7ccd3 #c0d2d8 #c8d9de #d1dfe3 #dae5e8 #e3ebee #ebf1f3 #f4f7f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c3a69d Analogous#9dc3b9 Analogous#9da7c3 Triadic#c39dba Triadic#bac39d Split complementary#c39da7 Split complementary#c3b99d

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 19, 5, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9dbac3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 5 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 9 4 30

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 #9dbac3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9dbac3; }
.text { color: #9dbac3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9dbac3; }

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 #9dbac3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9dbac3 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 #9dbac3 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 #9dbac3 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 #9dbac3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.