Light blue

#bfddf5

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 open. 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 #bfddf5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfddf5

RGB191, 221, 245

HSL207, 73%, 85%

HSV207, 22%, 96%

CMYK22%, 10%, 0%, 4%

Lab86.69, -4.8, -15.0

XYZ63.82, 69.38, 96.41

Decimal12574197

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light blue

#9ccaf0 #79b8ea #56a5e5 #3392df #207eca #1a68a7 #155284 #0f3c61 #0a263e #04111a

Tints of light blue

#c9e2f7 #d2e7f8 #dcecfa #e6f2fb #f0f7fd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f5d7bf Analogous#bff5f2 Analogous#bfc2f5 Triadic#f5bfdd Triadic#ddf5bf Split complementary#f5bfc2 Split complementary#f5f2bf

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 22, 10, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfddf5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 10 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 13 4 10

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 #bfddf5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfddf5; }
.text { color: #bfddf5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfddf5; }

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 #bfddf5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfddf5 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 #bfddf5 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 #bfddf5 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 #bfddf5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.