Light sky blue

#9fcef0

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

This is Light sky blue, a strong blue at 205 degrees. 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 #9fcef0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9fcef0

RGB159, 206, 240

HSL205, 73%, 78%

HSV205, 34%, 94%

CMYK34%, 14%, 0%, 6%

Lab80.63, -7.31, -21.68

XYZ52.1, 57.8, 90.85

Decimal10473200

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone283 C

Shades of light sky blue

#7fbeeb #5fade6 #3f9de1 #228dda #1d78ba #18639a #134f7a #0e3a5a #09263a #04111a

Tints of light sky blue

#a7d2f1 #afd6f3 #b7daf4 #bfdef5 #c7e3f6 #cfe7f8 #d7ebf9 #dfeffa #e8f3fb #f0f7fd

Colors that go with light sky blue

Complementary#f0c19f Analogous#9ff0ea Analogous#9fa5f0 Triadic#f09fce Triadic#cef09f Split complementary#f09fa5 Split complementary#f0ea9f

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 34, 14, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9fcef0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 14 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 17 4 12

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light sky blue in css

Copy #9fcef0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9fcef0; }
.text { color: #9fcef0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9fcef0; }

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 #9fcef0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9fcef0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9fcef0 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9fcef0 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

Here is how the numbers for #9fcef0 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.