Light blue

#a59cd9

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 #a59cd9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a59cd9

RGB165, 156, 217

HSL249, 45%, 73%

HSV249, 28%, 85%

CMYK24%, 28%, 0%, 15%

Lab67.12, 16.22, -29.84

XYZ39.93, 36.79, 70.64

Decimal10853593

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8f83d0 #786bc6 #6252bd #5141ab #453892 #392e79 #2e2560 #221b48 #16122f #0a0816

Tints of light blue

#ada5dc #b5ade0 #bcb6e3 #c4bee6 #ccc7ea #d4d0ed #dcd8f0 #e4e1f3 #ebe9f7 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d0d99c Analogous#9cb2d9 Analogous#c39cd9 Triadic#d9a59c Triadic#9cd9a5 Split complementary#d9c39c Split complementary#b2d99c

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 28, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a59cd9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 28 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 30 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 #a59cd9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a59cd9; }
.text { color: #a59cd9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a59cd9; }

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 #a59cd9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a59cd9 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 #a59cd9 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 #a59cd9 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 #a59cd9 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.