Light blue

#aba3cb

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 muted. 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 #aba3cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aba3cb

RGB171, 163, 203

HSL252, 28%, 72%

HSV252, 20%, 80%

CMYK16%, 20%, 0%, 20%

Lab68.87, 10.96, -19.37

XYZ40.67, 39.16, 61.92

Decimal11248587

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light blue

#978ebf #8478b3 #7063a7 #615494 #53487f #453b69 #372f54 #29233e #1b1729 #0d0b14

Tints of light blue

#b2abd0 #bab3d4 #c1bbd9 #c8c3dd #d0cbe2 #d7d3e6 #dfdbeb #e6e3ef #edecf4 #f5f4f9

Colors that go with light blue

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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 16, 20, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aba3cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 20 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 22 4 26

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 #aba3cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aba3cb; }
.text { color: #aba3cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aba3cb; }

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 #aba3cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aba3cb 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 #aba3cb 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 #aba3cb 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 #aba3cb 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.