Light blue

#aababa

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

Light blue is a light teal, soft between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#aababa

RGB170, 186, 186

HSL180, 10%, 70%

HSV180, 9%, 73%

CMYK9%, 0%, 0%, 27%

Lab74.32, -5.49, -1.89

XYZ43.0, 47.21, 53.3

Decimal11188922

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5435 C

Shades of light blue

#98abab #869d9d #748e8e #657d7d #576b6b #485959 #394747 #2b3535 #1c2323 #0e1111

Tints of light blue

#b2c0c0 #b9c6c6 #c1cccc #c8d2d2 #d0d9d9 #dfe5e5 #eef1f1

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#baaaaa Analogous#aabab2 Analogous#aab2ba Triadic#baaaba Triadic#babaaa Split complementary#baaab2 Split complementary#bab2aa

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 0, 27.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 4 33

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 #aababa straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aababa 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 #aababa 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 #aababa 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 #aababa is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.