Light blue

#b6ced5

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 teal at 194 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b6ced5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b6ced5

RGB182, 206, 213

HSL194, 27%, 77%

HSV194, 15%, 84%

CMYK15%, 3%, 0%, 16%

Lab81.23, -6.6, -6.2

XYZ53.37, 58.89, 71.5

Decimal11980501

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#9fbec8 #88afba #719fad #5b8f9e #4e7a87 #406570 #335059 #263b42 #18262b #0b1213

Tints of light blue

#c2d6dc #c9dae0 #d5e3e7 #e1ebee #eef3f5

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d5bdb6 Analogous#b6d5cd Analogous#b6bed5 Triadic#d5b6ce Triadic#ced5b6 Split complementary#d5b6be Split complementary#d5cdb6

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 3, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b6ced5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 3 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 7 4 22

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 #b6ced5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b6ced5; }
.text { color: #b6ced5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b6ced5; }

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 #b6ced5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b6ced5 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 #b6ced5 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 #b6ced5 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 #b6ced5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.