Light blue

#bbaff3

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

This is Light blue, a strong blue at 251 degrees. 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 #bbaff3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbaff3

RGB187, 175, 243

HSL251, 74%, 82%

HSV251, 28%, 95%

CMYK23%, 28%, 0%, 5%

Lab74.63, 18.28, -32.31

XYZ52.0, 47.7, 91.26

Decimal12300275

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9e8dee #826ce9 #654ae4 #4828df #3b1dc3 #3018a1 #261380 #1c0e5e #12093c #08041b

Tints of light blue

#c0b5f4 #c6bcf5 #cbc2f6 #d1c9f7 #d6cff8 #dcd6f9 #e1dcfa #e7e3fb #ece9fc #f2effd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e7f3af Analogous#afc5f3 Analogous#ddaff3 Triadic#f3bbaf Triadic#aff3bb Split complementary#f3ddaf Split complementary#c5f3af

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 23, 28, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbaff3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 28 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 30 4 11

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 #bbaff3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbaff3; }
.text { color: #bbaff3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbaff3; }

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 #bbaff3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbaff3 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 #bbaff3 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 #bbaff3 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

Every value on this page for #bbaff3 is computed, not guessed. 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.