Light blue

#afd4e7

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 #afd4e7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afd4e7

RGB175, 212, 231

HSL200, 54%, 80%

HSV200, 24%, 91%

CMYK24%, 8%, 0%, 9%

Lab82.9, -8.0, -13.37

XYZ55.65, 61.97, 84.63

Decimal11523303

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#92c4de #75b5d6 #58a5cd #3b96c4 #3280a8 #2a6a8b #21546e #183e51 #102834 #071218

Tints of light blue

#b6d8e9 #bcdbeb #c3dfed #cae2ef #d0e6f1 #d7e9f3 #ddedf5 #e4f0f7 #ebf4f9 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e7c2af Analogous#afe7de Analogous#afb8e7 Triadic#e7afd4 Triadic#d4e7af Split complementary#e7afb8 Split complementary#e7deaf

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 24, 8, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afd4e7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 8 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 11 4 15

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #afd4e7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afd4e7; }
.text { color: #afd4e7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afd4e7; }

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 #afd4e7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afd4e7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #afd4e7 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #afd4e7 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

Here is how the numbers for #afd4e7 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.