Light blue

#aca0f8

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 #aca0f8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aca0f8

RGB172, 160, 248

HSL248, 86%, 80%

HSV248, 35%, 97%

CMYK31%, 35%, 0%, 3%

Lab69.96, 23.55, -42.38

XYZ46.53, 40.69, 94.21

Decimal11313400

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8d7df5 #6f5af3 #5037f0 #3113ee #290fcc #220ca9 #1b0a86 #140763 #0d0540 #06021d

Tints of light blue

#b3a8f9 #bab0f9 #c1b8fa #c7bffa #cec7fb #d5cffb #dcd7fc #e3dffd #eae7fd #f0eefe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ecf8a0 Analogous#a0c0f8 Analogous#d8a0f8 Triadic#f8aca0 Triadic#a0f8ac Split complementary#f8d8a0 Split complementary#c0f8a0

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 31, 35, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aca0f8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 35 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 36 4 9

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 #aca0f8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aca0f8; }
.text { color: #aca0f8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aca0f8; }

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 #aca0f8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aca0f8 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 #aca0f8 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 #aca0f8 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 #aca0f8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.