Light blue

#b5a9e1

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

This is Light blue, a soft blue at 253 degrees. 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 #b5a9e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5a9e1

RGB181, 169, 225

HSL253, 48%, 77%

HSV253, 25%, 88%

CMYK20%, 25%, 0%, 12%

Lab71.98, 15.68, -26.63

XYZ46.83, 43.64, 77.19

Decimal11905505

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light blue

#9e8ed8 #8773ce #6f58c5 #5a40b8 #4d379d #402e82 #332468 #251b4d #181132 #0b0817

Tints of light blue

#bbb0e4 #c2b8e6 #c8bfe9 #cec6eb #d4cdee #dbd5f0 #e1dcf3 #e7e3f5 #edeaf8 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d5e1a9 Analogous#a9b9e1 Analogous#d1a9e1 Triadic#e1b5a9 Triadic#a9e1b5 Split complementary#e1d1a9 Split complementary#b9e1a9

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 25, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5a9e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 25 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 27 4 18

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 #b5a9e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5a9e1; }
.text { color: #b5a9e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5a9e1; }

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 #b5a9e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5a9e1 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 #b5a9e1 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 #b5a9e1 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 #b5a9e1 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.