Light blue

#aaa0dc

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 #aaa0dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa0dc

RGB170, 160, 220

HSL250, 46%, 75%

HSV250, 27%, 86%

CMYK23%, 27%, 0%, 14%

Lab68.65, 16.19, -29.1

XYZ42.07, 38.85, 72.99

Decimal11182300

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9386d3 #7c6dc9 #6553c0 #5341b0 #473796 #3b2e7c #2f2463 #231b49 #171230 #0b0816

Tints of light blue

#b1a8df #b9b0e2 #c0b9e5 #c7c1e8 #cfc9eb #d6d1ee #ddd9f1 #e5e2f4 #eceaf7 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d2dca0 Analogous#a0b4dc Analogous#c8a0dc Triadic#dcaaa0 Triadic#a0dcaa Split complementary#dcc8a0 Split complementary#b4dca0

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 27, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa0dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 27 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 29 4 20

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 #aaa0dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa0dc; }
.text { color: #aaa0dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa0dc; }

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 #aaa0dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa0dc 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 #aaa0dc 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 #aaa0dc 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

The figures for #aaa0dc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.