Light blue

#b4adca

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 #b4adca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4adca

RGB180, 173, 202

HSL254, 21%, 74%

HSV254, 14%, 79%

CMYK11%, 14%, 0%, 21%

Lab72.13, 8.16, -13.82

XYZ44.43, 43.85, 62.0

Decimal11840970

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#a198bc #8e83af #7b6ea1 #695d90 #5a507b #4b4266 #3c3551 #2c273c #1d1a28 #0e0c13

Tints of light blue

#bbb4cf #c1bbd3 #c8c2d8 #cec9dc #d5d1e1 #dbd8e6 #e2dfea #e8e6ef #efedf3 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c3caad Analogous#adb5ca Analogous#c3adca Triadic#cab4ad Triadic#adcab4 Split complementary#cac3ad Split complementary#b5caad

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 11, 14, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4adca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 14 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 17 4 27

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 #b4adca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4adca; }
.text { color: #b4adca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4adca; }

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 #b4adca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4adca 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 #b4adca 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 #b4adca 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 #b4adca are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.