Light blue

#bde4fc

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #bde4fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bde4fc

RGB189, 228, 252

HSL203, 91%, 86%

HSV203, 25%, 99%

CMYK25%, 10%, 0%, 1%

Lab88.61, -7.46, -15.82

XYZ66.3, 73.33, 102.76

Decimal12444924

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light blue

#96d4fa #6ec4f8 #47b4f7 #20a4f5 #0a90e2 #0877ba #075e93 #05456c #032c45 #01131d

Tints of light blue

#c2e6fc #c7e8fc #cceafd #d1ecfd #d5eefd #daf0fd #dff2fe #e4f4fe #e9f6fe #eef8fe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fcd5bd Analogous#bdfcf5 Analogous#bdc4fc Triadic#fcbde4 Triadic#e4fcbd Split complementary#fcbdc4 Split complementary#fcf5bd

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 25, 10, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bde4fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 10 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 13 4 7

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #bde4fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bde4fc; }
.text { color: #bde4fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bde4fc; }

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 #bde4fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bde4fc 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 #bde4fc 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 #bde4fc 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 #bde4fc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.