Light blue

#afa8ef

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

This is Light blue, a strong blue at 246 degrees. 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 #afa8ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afa8ef

RGB175, 168, 239

HSL246, 69%, 80%

HSV246, 30%, 94%

CMYK27%, 30%, 0%, 6%

Lab71.79, 17.7, -34.6

XYZ47.26, 43.35, 87.54

Decimal11512047

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9288e9 #7568e3 #5749dd #3a29d8 #3122b9 #281c99 #201679 #181059 #0f0b3a #07051a

Tints of light blue

#b6aff0 #bcb6f2 #c3bef3 #c9c5f4 #d0ccf6 #d7d3f7 #dddaf8 #e4e2fa #ebe9fb #f1f0fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e8efa8 Analogous#a8c4ef Analogous#d3a8ef Triadic#efafa8 Triadic#a8efaf Split complementary#efd3a8 Split complementary#c4efa8

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 27, 30, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afa8ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 30 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 32 4 12

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 #afa8ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afa8ef; }
.text { color: #afa8ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afa8ef; }

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 #afa8ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afa8ef 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 #afa8ef 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 #afa8ef 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 #afa8ef 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. 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.