Light blue

#ada7d3

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 soft. 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 #ada7d3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ada7d3

RGB173, 167, 211

HSL248, 33%, 74%

HSV248, 21%, 83%

CMYK18%, 21%, 0%, 17%

Lab70.33, 11.15, -21.54

XYZ42.81, 41.22, 67.33

Decimal11380691

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9790c7 #8279bc #6c62b0 #5b509f #4d4488 #403971 #332d5a #262143 #19162c #0c0a14

Tints of light blue

#b4afd7 #bbb6db #c2bede #c9c5e2 #d0cde6 #d8d5ea #dfdcee #e6e4f1 #edebf5 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cdd3a7 Analogous#a7b7d3 Analogous#c3a7d3 Triadic#d3ada7 Triadic#a7d3ad Split complementary#d3c3a7 Split complementary#b7d3a7

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 18, 21, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ada7d3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 21 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 23 4 23

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 #ada7d3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ada7d3; }
.text { color: #ada7d3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ada7d3; }

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 #ada7d3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ada7d3 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 #ada7d3 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 #ada7d3 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 #ada7d3 is computed, not guessed. 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.