Light blue

#b5a8f1

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 strong. 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 #b5a8f1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5a8f1

RGB181, 168, 241

HSL251, 72%, 80%

HSV251, 30%, 95%

CMYK25%, 30%, 0%, 5%

Lab72.35, 19.93, -34.79

XYZ48.94, 44.18, 89.17

Decimal11905265

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9987ec #7e67e7 #6246e1 #4626dc #3b1ebd #31199d #27147c #1c0f5c #12093b #08041a

Tints of light blue

#bbaff2 #c1b6f3 #c7bdf4 #cdc5f6 #d3ccf7 #dad3f8 #e0daf9 #e6e1fa #ece8fb #f2f0fd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e4f1a8 Analogous#a8bff1 Analogous#daa8f1 Triadic#f1b5a8 Triadic#a8f1b5 Split complementary#f1daa8 Split complementary#bff1a8

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 25, 30, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5a8f1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 30 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 32 4 11

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 #b5a8f1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5a8f1; }
.text { color: #b5a8f1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5a8f1; }

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 #b5a8f1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5a8f1 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 #b5a8f1 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 #b5a8f1 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 #b5a8f1 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.