Light blue

#b9d7e4

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, light and soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b9d7e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9d7e4

RGB185, 215, 228

HSL198, 44%, 81%

HSV198, 19%, 89%

CMYK19%, 6%, 0%, 11%

Lab84.23, -7.19, -9.72

XYZ58.31, 64.52, 82.78

Decimal12179428

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#9dc7d9 #82b7cf #66a8c4 #4b98b9 #3e82a0 #336c84 #285569 #1e3f4d #132832 #091216

Tints of light blue

#c4dee8 #d0e4ed #dbebf1 #e7f1f6 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e4c6b9 Analogous#b9e4db Analogous#b9c2e4 Triadic#e4b9d7 Triadic#d7e4b9 Split complementary#e4b9c2 Split complementary#e4dbb9

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 6, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9d7e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 6 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 10 4 17

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 #b9d7e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9d7e4; }
.text { color: #b9d7e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9d7e4; }

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 #b9d7e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9d7e4 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 #b9d7e4 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 #b9d7e4 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 #b9d7e4 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. 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.