Light blue

#c2dfe4

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

This is Light blue, a soft teal at 189 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #c2dfe4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2dfe4

RGB194, 223, 228

HSL189, 39%, 83%

HSV189, 15%, 89%

CMYK15%, 2%, 0%, 11%

Lab86.92, -8.51, -5.67

XYZ62.64, 69.85, 83.58

Decimal12771300

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#a7d1d8 #8cc3cc #71b4c0 #55a6b4 #45909d #397782 #2d5e67 #21454b #152c30 #091315

Tints of light blue

#cce4e8 #d5e9ed #dfeef1 #e9f3f5 #f3f9fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e4c7c2 Analogous#c2e4d8 Analogous#c2cee4 Triadic#e4c2df Triadic#dfe4c2 Split complementary#e4c2ce Split complementary#e4d8c2

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 2, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2dfe4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 2 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 6 4 17

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 #c2dfe4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2dfe4; }
.text { color: #c2dfe4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2dfe4; }

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 #c2dfe4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2dfe4 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 #c2dfe4 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 #c2dfe4 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 #c2dfe4 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.