Light blue

#bbecff

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

Hex#bbecff

RGB187, 236, 255

HSL197, 100%, 87%

HSV197, 27%, 100%

CMYK27%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab90.68, -11.45, -14.3

XYZ68.54, 77.78, 106.01

Decimal12315903

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#92e1ff #69d5ff #40caff #16beff #00aaec #008dc3 #006f9a #005171 #003448 #00161f

Tints of light blue

#c5efff #cff2ff #d9f4ff #e3f7ff #edfaff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffcebb Analogous#bbfff0 Analogous#bbcaff Triadic#ffbbec Triadic#ecffbb Split complementary#ffbbca Split complementary#fff0bb

Light blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 27, 7, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 10 4 6

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 #bbecff straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbecff 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 #bbecff 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 #bbecff 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 #bbecff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.