Light blue

#9dbecc

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#9dbecc

RGB157, 190, 204

HSL198, 32%, 71%

HSV198, 23%, 80%

CMYK23%, 7%, 0%, 20%

Lab75.05, -7.97, -10.71

XYZ43.22, 48.35, 64.18

Decimal10337996

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#87b0c1 #72a1b5 #5c93aa #4e8197 #436e81 #385c6b #2c4955 #213740 #16242a #0a1114

Tints of light blue

#a6c4d0 #aec9d5 #b7cfd9 #c0d5de #c8dbe2 #d1e0e7 #d9e6eb #e2ecf0 #ebf1f4 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ccab9d Analogous#9dccc3 Analogous#9da6cc Triadic#cc9dbe Triadic#becc9d Split complementary#cc9da6 Split complementary#ccc39d

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 23, 7, 0, 20.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 7 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 10 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 #9dbecc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9dbecc 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 #9dbecc 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 #9dbecc 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 #9dbecc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.