Light blue

#c0ecfa

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and vivid. 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 #c0ecfa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c0ecfa

RGB192, 236, 250

HSL194, 85%, 87%

HSV194, 23%, 98%

CMYK23%, 6%, 0%, 2%

Lab90.83, -11.1, -11.44

XYZ68.99, 78.1, 101.88

Decimal12643578

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#9ae1f7 #74d5f4 #4ecaf1 #28beee #11aadb #0e8db5 #0b6f8f #085169 #053442 #02161c

Tints of light blue

#c9effb #d3f2fb #dcf4fc #e5f7fd #eefafe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#facec0 Analogous#c0faeb Analogous#c0cffa Triadic#fac0ec Triadic#ecfac0 Split complementary#fac0cf Split complementary#faebc0

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 23, 6, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c0ecfa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 6 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 10 4 8

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 #c0ecfa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c0ecfa; }
.text { color: #c0ecfa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c0ecfa; }

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 #c0ecfa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c0ecfa 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 #c0ecfa 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 #c0ecfa 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 #c0ecfa are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.