Light blue

#accfda

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

This is Light blue, a soft teal at 194 degrees. 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 #accfda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#accfda

RGB172, 207, 218

HSL194, 38%, 76%

HSV194, 21%, 85%

CMYK21%, 5%, 0%, 15%

Lab80.99, -9.18, -9.3

XYZ51.98, 58.46, 74.87

Decimal11325402

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#93c1cf #7ab2c4 #61a4b9 #4c94aa #417e91 #366979 #2b5360 #203d47 #15282e #091215

Tints of light blue

#bad7e0 #c8dfe7 #d6e8ed #e5f0f3 #ecf4f6 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dab7ac Analogous#acdace Analogous#acb8da Triadic#daaccf Triadic#cfdaac Split complementary#daacb8 Split complementary#daceac

Light blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 21, 5, 0, 15.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 5 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 9 4 21

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 #accfda straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Every value on this page for #accfda is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.