Light blue

#bbcdcb

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

Light blue is a light teal, relaxed between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#bbcdcb

RGB187, 205, 203

HSL173, 15%, 77%

HSV173, 9%, 80%

CMYK9%, 0%, 1%, 20%

Lab81.04, -6.45, -1.1

XYZ53.1, 58.54, 65.0

Decimal12307915

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of light blue

#a6bebb #91aeab #7d9f9b #698f8a #5a7a76 #4a6562 #3b504e #2c3b3a #1c2625 #0d1211

Tints of light blue

#c1d1cf #c7d5d4 #ccdad8 #d2dedd #d8e2e1 #dee6e5 #e3ebea #e9efee #eff3f3 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cdbbbd Analogous#bbcdc2 Analogous#bbc6cd Triadic#cbbbcd Triadic#cdcbbb Split complementary#cdbbc6 Split complementary#cdc2bb

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 1, 20.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 1 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 5 26

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 #bbcdcb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbcdcb 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 #bbcdcb 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 #bbcdcb 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 #bbcdcb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.