Light blue

#a9dffd

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 vivid. 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 #a9dffd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a9dffd

RGB169, 223, 253

HSL201, 95%, 83%

HSV201, 33%, 99%

CMYK33%, 12%, 0%, 1%

Lab86.16, -10.28, -20.15

XYZ60.48, 68.3, 102.92

Decimal11132925

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#83d1fc #5cc3fb #36b4fa #10a6f9 #0590dd #0477b7 #035e91 #02456a #022c44 #01131e

Tints of light blue

#b7e4fd #c4e9fe #d2eefe #d9f1fe #e0f3fe #e7f6fe #eef9ff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fdc7a9 Analogous#a9fdf1 Analogous#a9b5fd Triadic#fda9df Triadic#dffda9 Split complementary#fda9b5 Split complementary#fdf1a9

Light blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 33, 12, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a9dffd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 12 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 15 4 7

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 #a9dffd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a9dffd; }
.text { color: #a9dffd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9dffd; }

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 #a9dffd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a9dffd 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 #a9dffd 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 #a9dffd 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 #a9dffd 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.