Light blue

#9dccdb

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#9dccdb

RGB157, 204, 219

HSL195, 46%, 74%

HSV195, 28%, 86%

CMYK28%, 7%, 0%, 14%

Lab79.31, -11.86, -12.44

XYZ48.28, 55.47, 75.18

Decimal10341595

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#84bfd2 #6ab2c8 #51a5bf #4093ae #377e95 #2d697b #245362 #1b3e49 #122830 #081316

Tints of light blue

#aed5e1 #bfdee7 #c7e2eb #d0e7ee #d8ebf1 #e1eff4 #e9f4f7 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dbac9d Analogous#9ddbcb Analogous#9daddb Triadic#db9dcc Triadic#ccdb9d Split complementary#db9dad Split complementary#dbcb9d

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 28, 7, 0, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 7 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 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 #9dccdb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9dccdb 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 #9dccdb 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 #9dccdb 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 #9dccdb 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 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.