Light blue

#bbcad0

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 blue at 197 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 #bbcad0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbcad0

RGB187, 202, 208

HSL197, 18%, 77%

HSV197, 10%, 82%

CMYK10%, 3%, 0%, 18%

Lab80.38, -3.9, -4.74

XYZ53.0, 57.36, 67.95

Decimal12307152

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone643 C

Shades of light blue

#a5b9c1 #90a8b2 #7a98a3 #668693 #57737e #485f68 #394b53 #2a383d #1b2428 #0d1012

Tints of light blue

#c6d3d8 #d2dce0 #dde5e8 #e9eef0 #f4f7f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d0c1bb Analogous#bbd0cb Analogous#bbbfd0 Triadic#d0bbca Triadic#cad0bb Split complementary#d0bbbf Split complementary#d0cbbb

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 3, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbcad0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 3 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 7 4 24

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 #bbcad0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbcad0; }
.text { color: #bbcad0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbcad0; }

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 #bbcad0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbcad0 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 #bbcad0 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 #bbcad0 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 #bbcad0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.