Light blue

#c2cdcf

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

This is Light blue, a muted teal at 189 degrees. 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 #c2cdcf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2cdcf

RGB194, 205, 207

HSL189, 12%, 79%

HSV189, 6%, 81%

CMYK6%, 1%, 0%, 19%

Lab81.64, -3.35, -2.29

XYZ55.34, 59.64, 67.63

Decimal12766671

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5445 C

Shades of light blue

#adbcbf #99abae #849a9e #6f898d #5f7579 #4f6164 #3e4d4f #2e393b #1e2526 #0d1111

Tints of light blue

#ccd5d7 #d6dedf #e1e6e7 #ebeeef #f5f7f7

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cfc4c2 Analogous#c2cfcb Analogous#c2c7cf Triadic#cfc2cd Triadic#cdcfc2 Split complementary#cfc2c7 Split complementary#cfcbc2

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 6, 1, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2cdcf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 1 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 5 4 25

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #c2cdcf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2cdcf; }
.text { color: #c2cdcf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2cdcf; }

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 #c2cdcf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2cdcf 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 #c2cdcf 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 #c2cdcf 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 #c2cdcf are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.