Light blue

#a7b6b5

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, mid and grey. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #a7b6b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a7b6b5

RGB167, 182, 181

HSL176, 9%, 68%

HSV176, 8%, 71%

CMYK8%, 0%, 1%, 29%

Lab72.9, -5.37, -1.28

XYZ41.0, 45.01, 50.24

Decimal10991285

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5435 C

Shades of light blue

#96a8a6 #849998 #738b89 #647978 #566867 #485655 #394544 #2b3433 #1c2222 #0e1111

Tints of light blue

#afbcbc #b7c3c2 #bec9c9 #c6d0cf #ced6d6 #d6dddc #dee3e3 #e6eaea #f5f7f7

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#b6a7a8 Analogous#a7b6ae Analogous#a7b0b6 Triadic#b5a7b6 Triadic#b6b5a7 Split complementary#b6a7b0 Split complementary#b6aea7

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 0, 1, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a7b6b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 1 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 5 35

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 #a7b6b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a7b6b5; }
.text { color: #a7b6b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a7b6b5; }

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 #a7b6b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a7b6b5 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 #a7b6b5 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 #a7b6b5 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 #a7b6b5 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.