Light blue

#b2dfea

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 teal at 192 degrees. 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 #b2dfea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b2dfea

RGB178, 223, 234

HSL192, 57%, 81%

HSV192, 24%, 92%

CMYK24%, 5%, 0%, 8%

Lab86.1, -12.11, -10.17

XYZ59.6, 68.18, 87.86

Decimal11722730

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#94d3e2 #76c6da #58bad1 #3aadc9 #2f95ae #277b90 #1f6272 #174854 #0f2e36 #071518

Tints of light blue

#b8e2ec #bfe4ed #c5e7ef #cbe9f1 #d1ecf3 #d8eff4 #def1f6 #e4f4f8 #ebf7f9 #f1f9fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#eabdb2 Analogous#b2ead9 Analogous#b2c3ea Triadic#eab2df Triadic#dfeab2 Split complementary#eab2c3 Split complementary#ead9b2

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 5, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b2dfea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 5 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 9 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #b2dfea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b2dfea; }
.text { color: #b2dfea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b2dfea; }

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 #b2dfea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b2dfea 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 #b2dfea 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 #b2dfea 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 #b2dfea is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.