Light blue

#b1a8ce

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, light and muted. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b1a8ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b1a8ce

RGB177, 168, 206

HSL254, 28%, 73%

HSV254, 18%, 81%

CMYK14%, 18%, 0%, 19%

Lab70.74, 10.78, -18.14

XYZ43.27, 41.81, 64.18

Decimal11643086

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#9d92c2 #8a7cb5 #7666a9 #655597 #564981 #483d6b #393055 #2a2440 #1c172a #0d0b14

Tints of light blue

#b8b0d2 #bfb7d7 #c5bfdb #ccc6df #d3cee3 #dad5e8 #e0ddec #e7e4f0 #eeecf4 #f5f4f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c5cea8 Analogous#a8b2ce Analogous#c4a8ce Triadic#ceb1a8 Triadic#a8ceb1 Split complementary#cec4a8 Split complementary#b2cea8

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 14, 18, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b1a8ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 18 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 21 4 25

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 #b1a8ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b1a8ce; }
.text { color: #b1a8ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b1a8ce; }

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 #b1a8ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b1a8ce 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 #b1a8ce 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 #b1a8ce 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 #b1a8ce 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.