Light blue

#b4ecff

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 #b4ecff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4ecff

RGB180, 236, 255

HSL195, 100%, 85%

HSV195, 29%, 100%

CMYK29%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab90.28, -13.42, -14.93

XYZ66.87, 76.91, 105.93

Decimal11857151

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone304 C

Shades of light blue

#8ce2ff #63d8ff #3bcdff #12c3ff #00aee9 #0090c0 #007198 #00536f #003547 #00171f

Tints of light blue

#bfefff #cbf2ff #d6f5ff #e2f8ff #edfaff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffc7b4 Analogous#b4ffed Analogous#b4c6ff Triadic#ffb4ec Triadic#ecffb4 Split complementary#ffb4c6 Split complementary#ffedb4

Light blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 29, 7, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4ecff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 10 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #b4ecff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4ecff; }
.text { color: #b4ecff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4ecff; }

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 #b4ecff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4ecff 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 #b4ecff 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 #b4ecff 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 #b4ecff 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.