Light blue

#9e9de7

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 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 #9e9de7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e9de7

RGB158, 157, 231

HSL241, 61%, 76%

HSV241, 32%, 91%

CMYK32%, 32%, 0%, 9%

Lab67.39, 17.06, -37.17

XYZ40.58, 37.15, 80.63

Decimal10395111

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8280e0 #6564d9 #4947d2 #3230c5 #2b29a8 #24228b #1c1b6f #151452 #0e0d35 #060619

Tints of light blue

#a6a5e9 #afaeeb #b7b6ed #bfbeef #c7c7f1 #d0cff3 #d8d8f5 #e0e0f7 #e9e8f9 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e6e79d Analogous#9dc1e7 Analogous#c39de7 Triadic#e79e9d Triadic#9de79e Split complementary#e7c39d Split complementary#c1e79d

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 32, 32, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e9de7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 32 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 33 4 15

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 #9e9de7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e9de7; }
.text { color: #9e9de7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e9de7; }

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 #9e9de7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e9de7 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 #9e9de7 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 #9e9de7 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

Here is how the numbers for #9e9de7 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.