Light blue

#aba0d2

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

Light blue is a light blue that reads open. 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 #aba0d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aba0d2

RGB171, 160, 210

HSL253, 36%, 73%

HSV253, 24%, 82%

CMYK19%, 24%, 0%, 18%

Lab68.35, 14.2, -24.03

XYZ41.0, 38.45, 66.23

Decimal11247826

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light blue

#9789c7 #8272bc #6e5bb1 #5e4b9f #504088 #433571 #352b5a #272043 #1a152c #0c0a15

Tints of light blue

#b2a8d6 #bab1da #c1b9de #c8c1e2 #d0c9e6 #d7d2ea #dedaed #e6e2f1 #edebf5 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c7d2a0 Analogous#a0aed2 Analogous#c4a0d2 Triadic#d2aba0 Triadic#a0d2ab Split complementary#d2c4a0 Split complementary#aed2a0

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 19, 24, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aba0d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 24 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 26 4 24

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #aba0d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aba0d2; }
.text { color: #aba0d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aba0d2; }

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 #aba0d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aba0d2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aba0d2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aba0d2 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

Here is how the numbers for #aba0d2 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.