Light blue

#abcace

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#abcace

RGB171, 202, 206

HSL187, 26%, 74%

HSV187, 17%, 81%

CMYK17%, 2%, 0%, 19%

Lab79.25, -9.47, -5.46

XYZ49.06, 55.36, 66.49

Decimal11258574

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#95bcc1 #7faeb4 #69a1a8 #588f97 #4b7b81 #3e666b #325155 #253c3f #182729 #0b1213

Tints of light blue

#bad3d6 #c8dcdf #d7e6e7 #deeaec #ecf3f4 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ceafab Analogous#abcec1 Analogous#abb8ce Triadic#ceabca Triadic#caceab Split complementary#ceabb8 Split complementary#cec1ab

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 2, 0, 19.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 2 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 6 4 25

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 #abcace straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abcace 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 #abcace 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 #abcace 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 #abcace are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.