Light blue

#bcafec

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#bcafec

RGB188, 175, 236

HSL253, 62%, 81%

HSV253, 26%, 93%

CMYK20%, 26%, 0%, 7%

Lab74.45, 16.99, -28.79

XYZ51.21, 47.41, 85.81

Decimal12365804

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light blue

#a290e5 #8972dd #6f53d6 #5534cf #472ab2 #3b2394 #2f1c75 #221456 #160d37 #0a0619

Tints of light blue

#c1b6ee #c7bcef #ccc3f1 #d2c9f2 #d7d0f4 #ddd6f5 #e2ddf7 #e8e3f8 #edeafa #f3f1fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dfecaf Analogous#afc0ec Analogous#dbafec Triadic#ecbcaf Triadic#afecbc Split complementary#ecdbaf Split complementary#c0ecaf

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 20, 26, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 26 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 28 4 13

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 #bcafec straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcafec 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 #bcafec 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 #bcafec 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 #bcafec are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.