Light blue

#a2a0ca

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 relaxed. 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 #a2a0ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2a0ca

RGB162, 160, 202

HSL243, 28%, 71%

HSV243, 21%, 79%

CMYK20%, 21%, 0%, 21%

Lab67.34, 9.53, -21.2

XYZ38.13, 37.09, 61.03

Decimal10657994

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8d8bbe #7875b2 #6460a6 #555293 #49467e #3d3a69 #302f53 #24233e #181729 #0b0b14

Tints of light blue

#aaa8cf #b2b1d3 #bbb9d8 #c3c1dd #cbcae1 #d3d2e6 #dbdaeb #e3e3ef #ecebf4 #f4f4f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c8caa0 Analogous#a0b3ca Analogous#b7a0ca Triadic#caa2a0 Triadic#a0caa2 Split complementary#cab7a0 Split complementary#b3caa0

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 20, 21, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2a0ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 21 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 23 4 27

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #a2a0ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2a0ca; }
.text { color: #a2a0ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2a0ca; }

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 #a2a0ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2a0ca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a2a0ca 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a2a0ca 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 #a2a0ca 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.