Light blue

#bcb2f7

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 #bcb2f7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcb2f7

RGB188, 178, 247

HSL249, 81%, 83%

HSV249, 28%, 97%

CMYK24%, 28%, 0%, 3%

Lab75.61, 17.85, -32.96

XYZ53.45, 49.25, 94.68

Decimal12366583

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9d8ef3 #7e6bf0 #5f47ec #4023e8 #3015ce #2812ab #200e87 #170a63 #0f073f #06031c

Tints of light blue

#c1b8f8 #c7bef8 #ccc4f9 #d1cafa #d6d0fa #dcd6fb #e1ddfb #e6e3fc #ece9fd #f1effd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#edf7b2 Analogous#b2cbf7 Analogous#deb2f7 Triadic#f7bcb2 Triadic#b2f7bc Split complementary#f7dfb2 Split complementary#caf7b2

Light blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 24, 28, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcb2f7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 28 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 30 4 9

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 #bcb2f7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcb2f7; }
.text { color: #bcb2f7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcb2f7; }

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 #bcb2f7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcb2f7 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 #bcb2f7 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 #bcb2f7 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 #bcb2f7 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.