Light blue

#bad4e0

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 relaxed. 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 #bad4e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bad4e0

RGB186, 212, 224

HSL199, 38%, 80%

HSV199, 17%, 88%

CMYK17%, 5%, 0%, 12%

Lab83.39, -6.17, -8.84

XYZ57.25, 62.91, 79.65

Decimal12244192

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a0c4d4 #86b3c8 #6ba3bd #5193b1 #447e98 #39687e #2d5264 #213d49 #15272f #091115

Tints of light blue

#c0d8e3 #c5dbe5 #cbdfe8 #d1e2ea #d6e6ed #dce9ef #e2edf2 #e7f0f4 #edf4f7 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e0c6ba Analogous#bae0d9 Analogous#bac1e0 Triadic#e0bad4 Triadic#d4e0ba Split complementary#e0bac1 Split complementary#e0d9ba

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 17, 5, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bad4e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 5 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 9 4 18

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 #bad4e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bad4e0; }
.text { color: #bad4e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bad4e0; }

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 #bad4e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bad4e0 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 #bad4e0 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 #bad4e0 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 #bad4e0 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.