Light blue

#aaa4f0

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #aaa4f0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa4f0

RGB170, 164, 240

HSL245, 72%, 79%

HSV245, 32%, 94%

CMYK29%, 32%, 0%, 6%

Lab70.45, 18.75, -37.27

XYZ45.58, 41.39, 88.02

Decimal11183344

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8c84eb #6e64e5 #5044e0 #3224db #2b1fbb #24199a #1c147a #150f5a #0d0a3a #06041a

Tints of light blue

#b1acf1 #b8b3f2 #bfbbf4 #c6c2f5 #cdcaf6 #d4d1f7 #dbd9f9 #e3e1fa #eae8fb #f1f0fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#eaf0a4 Analogous#a4c4f0 Analogous#d0a4f0 Triadic#f0aaa4 Triadic#a4f0aa Split complementary#f0d0a4 Split complementary#c4f0a4

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 29, 32, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa4f0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 32 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 33 4 12

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 #aaa4f0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa4f0; }
.text { color: #aaa4f0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa4f0; }

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 #aaa4f0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa4f0 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 #aaa4f0 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 #aaa4f0 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

Every value on this page for #aaa4f0 is computed, not guessed. 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.