Light blue

#ab9fee

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #ab9fee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab9fee

RGB171, 159, 238

HSL249, 70%, 78%

HSV249, 33%, 93%

CMYK28%, 33%, 0%, 7%

Lab69.2, 21.36, -38.11

XYZ44.63, 39.63, 86.19

Decimal11247598

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9080e8 #7561e3 #5942dd #4026d5 #3720b6 #2d1b97 #241577 #1b1058 #110a39 #08051a

Tints of light blue

#b2a7ef #b9aff1 #c0b7f2 #c7bff4 #cec7f5 #d5d0f7 #ddd8f8 #e4e0f9 #ebe8fb #f2f0fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e2ee9f Analogous#9fbaee Analogous#d39fee Triadic#eeab9f Triadic#9feeab Split complementary#eed39f Split complementary#baee9f

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 28, 33, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab9fee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 33 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 34 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 #ab9fee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab9fee; }
.text { color: #ab9fee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab9fee; }

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 #ab9fee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab9fee 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 #ab9fee 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 #ab9fee 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 #ab9fee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.