Light blue

#b7cace

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 190 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 #b7cace, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b7cace

RGB183, 202, 206

HSL190, 19%, 76%

HSV190, 11%, 81%

CMYK11%, 2%, 0%, 19%

Lab80.05, -5.61, -4.19

XYZ51.79, 56.76, 66.62

Decimal12045006

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of light blue

#a2babf #8cabb1 #779ba2 #638a92 #55767d #466268 #384e52 #29393d #1b2528 #0c1112

Tints of light blue

#bdcfd2 #c3d3d6 #c9d8db #d0dcdf #d6e1e3 #dce5e7 #e2eaeb #e8eeef #eef3f4 #f4f7f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cebbb7 Analogous#b7cec7 Analogous#b7bece Triadic#ceb7ca Triadic#caceb7 Split complementary#ceb7be Split complementary#cec7b7

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 2, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b7cace on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 2 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 6 4 25

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 #b7cace straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b7cace; }
.text { color: #b7cace; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b7cace; }

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 #b7cace against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b7cace 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 #b7cace 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 #b7cace 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 #b7cace are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.