Light blue

#aca3fa

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 #aca3fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aca3fa

RGB172, 163, 250

HSL246, 90%, 81%

HSV246, 35%, 98%

CMYK31%, 35%, 0%, 2%

Lab70.78, 22.36, -42.18

XYZ47.37, 41.87, 96.03

Decimal11314170

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#8b7ff8 #6b5af6 #4a36f4 #2912f2 #200bd2 #1a09ae #15078a #0f0666 #0a0441 #04021d

Tints of light blue

#b3abfa #bab2fb #c0bafb #c7c1fc #cec9fc #d5d0fc #dbd8fd #e2dffd #e9e7fe #f0eefe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f1faa3 Analogous#a3c5fa Analogous#d8a3fa Triadic#faaca3 Triadic#a3faac Split complementary#fad8a3 Split complementary#c5faa3

Light blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 31, 35, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aca3fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 35 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 36 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #aca3fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aca3fa; }
.text { color: #aca3fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aca3fa; }

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 #aca3fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aca3fa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aca3fa 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aca3fa 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 #aca3fa 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.