Light blue

#bfdee7

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 #bfdee7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfdee7

RGB191, 222, 231

HSL194, 45%, 83%

HSV194, 17%, 91%

CMYK17%, 4%, 0%, 9%

Lab86.55, -8.31, -7.83

XYZ62.03, 69.09, 85.67

Decimal12574439

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a3cfdc #86c1d2 #6ab2c7 #4da3bc #3e8da5 #337588 #285d6c #1e444f #132c33 #081316

Tints of light blue

#c4e1e9 #c9e3eb #cee6ed #d3e9ef #d9ebf1 #deeef2 #e3f0f4 #e8f3f6 #edf6f8 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e7c8bf Analogous#bfe7dc Analogous#bfcae7 Triadic#e7bfde Triadic#dee7bf Split complementary#e7bfca Split complementary#e7dcbf

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 4, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfdee7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 4 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 8 4 15

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 #bfdee7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfdee7; }
.text { color: #bfdee7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfdee7; }

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 #bfdee7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfdee7 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 #bfdee7 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 #bfdee7 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 #bfdee7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.