Light blue

#c1affe

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #c1affe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c1affe

RGB193, 175, 254

HSL254, 98%, 84%

HSV254, 31%, 100%

CMYK24%, 31%, 0%, 0%

Lab75.55, 22.59, -36.79

XYZ55.21, 49.15, 100.34

Decimal12693502

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#a388fe #8460fd #6639fd #4712fc #3603e3 #2d02bc #230294 #1a016d #110146 #07001e

Tints of light blue

#c6b5fe #cbbbfe #d0c2fe #d4c8fe #d9cefe #ded4fe #e3dbff #e8e1ff #ede7ff #f1edff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ecfeaf Analogous#afc4fe Analogous#e9affe Triadic#fec1af Triadic#affec1 Split complementary#fee9af Split complementary#c4feaf

Light blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 24, 31, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c1affe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 31 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 33 4 6

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 #c1affe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c1affe; }
.text { color: #c1affe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c1affe; }

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 #c1affe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c1affe 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 #c1affe 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 #c1affe 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 #c1affe are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.