Light blue

#a2a1d8

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 #a2a1d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2a1d8

RGB162, 161, 216

HSL241, 41%, 74%

HSV241, 25%, 85%

CMYK25%, 25%, 0%, 15%

Lab68.12, 12.25, -27.76

XYZ40.04, 38.13, 70.22

Decimal10658264

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8a89ce #7270c4 #5958ba #4846a9 #3d3c90 #333278 #28275f #1e1d47 #14132e #090916

Tints of light blue

#aaa9db #b2b1df #bab9e2 #c2c2e6 #cacae9 #d2d2ec #dadaf0 #e2e2f3 #eaeaf6 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d7d8a1 Analogous#a1bbd8 Analogous#bea1d8 Triadic#d8a2a1 Triadic#a1d8a2 Split complementary#d8bea1 Split complementary#bbd8a1

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 25, 25, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2a1d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 25 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 27 4 21

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 #a2a1d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2a1d8; }
.text { color: #a2a1d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2a1d8; }

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 #a2a1d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2a1d8 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 #a2a1d8 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 #a2a1d8 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

Every value on this page for #a2a1d8 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.