Light blue

#abe3fb

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 vivid. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #abe3fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abe3fb

RGB171, 227, 251

HSL198, 91%, 83%

HSV198, 32%, 98%

CMYK32%, 10%, 0%, 2%

Lab87.27, -12.26, -17.41

XYZ61.68, 70.56, 101.64

Decimal11265019

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#86d7f9 #60caf7 #3bbef6 #16b1f4 #0a9ad8 #0980b3 #07658d #054a68 #033043 #01151d

Tints of light blue

#b8e7fc #c6ecfc #d3f0fd #daf3fd #e1f5fe #eef9fe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fbc3ab Analogous#abfbeb Analogous#abbbfb Triadic#fbabe3 Triadic#e3fbab Split complementary#fbabbb Split complementary#fbebab

Light blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 32, 10, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abe3fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 10 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 13 4 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #abe3fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abe3fb; }
.text { color: #abe3fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abe3fb; }

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 #abe3fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abe3fb 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 #abe3fb 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 #abe3fb 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 #abe3fb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.