Light blue

#add4df

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 soft. 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 #add4df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#add4df

RGB173, 212, 223

HSL193, 44%, 78%

HSV193, 22%, 87%

CMYK22%, 5%, 0%, 13%

Lab82.54, -10.38, -9.66

XYZ54.1, 61.3, 78.79

Decimal11392223

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#93c6d5 #78b8ca #5eabc0 #469cb4 #3c8599 #326e7f #275765 #1d414b #132a30 #091316

Tints of light blue

#bbdbe4 #c9e3ea #d6eaef #ddedf2 #ebf5f7 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dfb8ad Analogous#addfd1 Analogous#adbbdf Triadic#dfadd4 Triadic#d4dfad Split complementary#dfadbb Split complementary#dfd1ad

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 22, 5, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #add4df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 5 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 9 4 19

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 #add4df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #add4df; }
.text { color: #add4df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #add4df; }

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 #add4df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #add4df 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 #add4df 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 #add4df 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 #add4df 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.