Light blue

#a99ff3

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 strong. 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 #a99ff3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a99ff3

RGB169, 159, 243

HSL247, 78%, 79%

HSV247, 35%, 95%

CMYK30%, 35%, 0%, 5%

Lab69.26, 22.03, -40.76

XYZ44.94, 39.7, 90.09

Decimal11116531

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8b7eef #6e5deb #503ce7 #341ce1 #2c18c0 #24149f #1d107e #150c5d #0e083c #06031b

Tints of light blue

#b0a7f4 #b7aff5 #bfb7f6 #c6bff7 #cdc7f8 #d4cff9 #dbd7fa #e2dffb #eae7fc #f1effd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e9f39f Analogous#9fbff3 Analogous#d39ff3 Triadic#f3a99f Triadic#9ff3a9 Split complementary#f3d39f Split complementary#bff39f

Light blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 30, 35, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a99ff3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 35 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 36 4 11

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #a99ff3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a99ff3; }
.text { color: #a99ff3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a99ff3; }

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 #a99ff3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a99ff3 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 #a99ff3 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 #a99ff3 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a99ff3 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.