Light blue

#abcbd5

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and soft. 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 #abcbd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abcbd5

RGB171, 203, 213

HSL194, 33%, 75%

HSV194, 20%, 84%

CMYK20%, 5%, 0%, 16%

Lab79.71, -8.5, -8.53

XYZ50.16, 56.17, 71.15

Decimal11258837

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#93bcc9 #7caebd #649fb2 #518fa2 #457a8a #396573 #2e505b #223b44 #16272c #0a1214

Tints of light blue

#b9d4dc #c1d8e0 #c8dde3 #d6e6eb #e5eff2 #ecf3f5

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d5b5ab Analogous#abd5ca Analogous#abb6d5 Triadic#d5abcb Triadic#cbd5ab Split complementary#d5abb6 Split complementary#d5caab

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 20, 5, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abcbd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 5 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 9 4 22

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 #abcbd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abcbd5; }
.text { color: #abcbd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abcbd5; }

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 #abcbd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abcbd5 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 #abcbd5 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 #abcbd5 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 #abcbd5 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. 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.