Light blue

#bcd6dd

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, open 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 #bcd6dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcd6dd

RGB188, 214, 221

HSL193, 33%, 80%

HSV193, 15%, 87%

CMYK15%, 3%, 0%, 13%

Lab83.97, -7.2, -6.37

XYZ57.84, 64.0, 77.71

Decimal12375773

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a3c7d0 #8ab7c4 #71a8b7 #5899aa #4a8392 #3d6c79 #315660 #243f47 #17292d #0a1214

Tints of light blue

#c7dde3 #d2e4e8 #ddeaee #e8f1f3 #eef4f6

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ddc3bc Analogous#bcddd4 Analogous#bcc6dd Triadic#ddbcd6 Triadic#d6ddbc Split complementary#ddbcc6 Split complementary#ddd4bc

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 3, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcd6dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 3 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 7 4 19

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 #bcd6dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcd6dd; }
.text { color: #bcd6dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcd6dd; }

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 #bcd6dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcd6dd 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 #bcd6dd 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 #bcd6dd 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 #bcd6dd 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.