Light blue

#b5b2c8

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

This is Light blue, a muted blue at 248 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 #b5b2c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5b2c8

RGB181, 178, 200

HSL248, 17%, 74%

HSV248, 11%, 78%

CMYK9%, 11%, 0%, 22%

Lab73.44, 5.35, -10.76

XYZ45.4, 45.83, 61.1

Decimal11907784

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone5295 C

Shades of light blue

#a29eba #8e89ab #7b759d #69648b #5a5577 #4b4763 #3b384f #2c2a3a #1d1b26 #0d0d12

Tints of light blue

#bbb9cd #c2bfd2 #c8c6d6 #cfcddb #d5d3e0 #dbdae5 #e2e1e9 #e8e7ee #efeef3 #f5f5f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c5c8b2 Analogous#b2bac8 Analogous#c0b2c8 Triadic#c8b5b2 Triadic#b2c8b5 Split complementary#c8c0b2 Split complementary#bac8b2

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 9, 11, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5b2c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 11 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 14 4 28

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 #b5b2c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5b2c8; }
.text { color: #b5b2c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5b2c8; }

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 #b5b2c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5b2c8 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 #b5b2c8 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 #b5b2c8 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 #b5b2c8 are worked out. 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.