Light blue

#afa3ea

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

Light blue is a light blue that reads relaxed. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #afa3ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afa3ea

RGB175, 163, 234

HSL250, 63%, 78%

HSV250, 30%, 92%

CMYK25%, 30%, 0%, 8%

Lab70.35, 19.3, -34.11

XYZ45.63, 41.25, 83.4

Decimal11510762

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9585e3 #7b67dc #614ad6 #492fcc #3e28ae #342190 #291a72 #1e1355 #140c37 #090619

Tints of light blue

#b6abec #bcb2ee #c3baef #cac2f1 #d1caf3 #d7d1f5 #ded9f6 #e5e1f8 #ece9fa #f2f0fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#deeaa3 Analogous#a3baea Analogous#d2a3ea Triadic#eaafa3 Triadic#a3eaaf Split complementary#ead3a3 Split complementary#bbeaa3

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 30, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afa3ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 30 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 32 4 14

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 #afa3ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afa3ea; }
.text { color: #afa3ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afa3ea; }

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 #afa3ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afa3ea 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 #afa3ea 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 #afa3ea 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 #afa3ea 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.