Light blue

#adc8ca

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and muted. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #adc8ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#adc8ca

RGB173, 200, 202

HSL184, 21%, 74%

HSV184, 14%, 79%

CMYK14%, 1%, 0%, 21%

Lab78.73, -8.62, -4.06

XYZ48.55, 54.46, 63.83

Decimal11389130

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#98babc#83acaf#6e9ea1#5d8d90#50787b#426466#354f51#273b3c#1a2728#0c1213

Tints of light blue

#bbd2d3#c2d6d8#d1e0e1#dfe9ea#edf3f3

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#caafadAnalogous#adcabeAnalogous#adbacaTriadic#caadc8Triadic#c8caadSplit complementary#caadbaSplit complementary#cabead

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 14, 1, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #adc8ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 1 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 5 4 27

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 #adc8ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #adc8ca; }
.text { color: #adc8ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #adc8ca; }

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 #adc8ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #adc8ca 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 #adc8ca 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 #adc8ca 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 #adc8ca come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.