Light blue

#b0ced2

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b0ced2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b0ced2

RGB176, 206, 210

HSL187, 27%, 76%

HSV187, 16%, 82%

CMYK16%, 2%, 0%, 18%

Lab80.75, -9.13, -5.35

XYZ51.61, 58.03, 69.45

Decimal11587282

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#99c0c5 #83b2b8 #6ca4ab #58939b #4c7e85 #3f686e #325357 #253e41 #18282a #0b1313

Tints of light blue

#bed6da #cbdfe1 #d9e7e9 #e6f0f1 #edf4f5 #f4f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d2b4b0 Analogous#b0d2c5 Analogous#b0bdd2 Triadic#d2b0ce Triadic#ced2b0 Split complementary#d2b0bd Split complementary#d2c5b0

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 2, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b0ced2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 2 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 6 4 24

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 #b0ced2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b0ced2; }
.text { color: #b0ced2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b0ced2; }

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 #b0ced2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b0ced2 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 #b0ced2 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 #b0ced2 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 #b0ced2 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.