Light blue

#b8a9ff

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

Light blue is a light blue that reads soft. 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 #b8a9ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8a9ff

RGB184, 169, 255

HSL250, 100%, 83%

HSV250, 34%, 100%

CMYK28%, 34%, 0%, 0%

Lab73.41, 23.58, -40.71

XYZ52.01, 45.79, 100.7

Decimal12102143

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9882ff #775aff #5733ff #360cff #2800e3 #2100bc #1a0095 #13006d #0c0046 #05001f

Tints of light blue

#beb0ff #c3b7ff #c9bdff #cfc4ff #d4cbff #dad2ff #dfd9ff #e5e0ff #ebe6ff #f0edff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f0ffa9 Analogous#a9c5ff Analogous#e3a9ff Triadic#ffb8a9 Triadic#a9ffb8 Split complementary#ffe3a9 Split complementary#c5ffa9

Light blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 28, 34, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8a9ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 34 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 35 4 6

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 #b8a9ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8a9ff; }
.text { color: #b8a9ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8a9ff; }

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 #b8a9ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8a9ff 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 #b8a9ff 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 #b8a9ff 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 #b8a9ff 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.