Light sky blue

#9dc6ea

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

Light sky blue sits in the blue band, light and strong. 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 sky blue color values

Every conversion for #9dc6ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9dc6ea

RGB157, 198, 234

HSL208, 65%, 77%

HSV208, 33%, 92%

CMYK33%, 15%, 0%, 8%

Lab78.17, -5.11, -22.22

XYZ48.95, 53.5, 85.59

Decimal10340074

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone283 C

Shades of light sky blue

#7fb5e4 #62a3dd #4492d7 #2c81cb #256eae #1f5b90 #184872 #123555 #0c2337 #051019

Tints of light sky blue

#a5cbec #aed0ee #b6d5ef #bed9f1 #c7def3 #cfe3f5 #d7e8f6 #e0edf8 #e8f2fa #f0f6fc

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#eac19d Analogous#9deae7 Analogous#9da0ea Triadic#ea9dc6 Triadic#c6ea9d Split complementary#ea9da0 Split complementary#eae79d

Light sky 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 33, 15, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9dc6ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 15 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 18 4 14

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 sky blue in css

Copy #9dc6ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9dc6ea; }
.text { color: #9dc6ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9dc6ea; }

How light sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9dc6ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9dc6ea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9dc6ea sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light sky 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 sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9dc6ea 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 sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #9dc6ea is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.