Light blue

#aaa3ed

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

This is Light blue, a strong blue at 246 degrees. 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 #aaa3ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa3ed

RGB170, 163, 237

HSL246, 67%, 78%

HSV246, 31%, 93%

CMYK28%, 31%, 0%, 7%

Lab70.07, 18.58, -36.21

XYZ44.96, 40.85, 85.64

Decimal11183085

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8d84e7 #7165e1 #5446db #3929d3 #3123b4 #291d95 #201776 #181157 #0f0b38 #07051a

Tints of light blue

#b1abef #b8b2f0 #bfbaf2 #c6c2f3 #cecaf5 #d5d1f6 #dcd9f8 #e3e1f9 #eae8fb #f1f0fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e6eda3 Analogous#a3c1ed Analogous#cfa3ed Triadic#edaaa3 Triadic#a3edaa Split complementary#edcfa3 Split complementary#c1eda3

Light blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 28, 31, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa3ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 31 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 33 4 13

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 #aaa3ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa3ed; }
.text { color: #aaa3ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa3ed; }

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 #aaa3ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa3ed 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 #aaa3ed 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 #aaa3ed 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 #aaa3ed come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.