Light blue

#c2eeff

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

Light blue is a pale blue that reads gentle. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #c2eeff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2eeff

RGB194, 238, 255

HSL197, 100%, 88%

HSV197, 24%, 100%

CMYK24%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab91.61, -10.44, -12.86

XYZ70.87, 79.84, 106.28

Decimal12775167

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#98e2ff #6ed7ff #44cbff #1bbfff #00adf0 #008fc6 #00719c #005272 #003448 #00161f

Tints of light blue

#cbf0ff #d3f3ff #dcf5ff #e5f8ff #edfaff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffd3c2 Analogous#c2fff2 Analogous#c2d0ff Triadic#ffc2ee Triadic#eeffc2 Split complementary#ffc2cf Split complementary#fff2c2

Light blue in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 24, 7, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2eeff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 10 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 #c2eeff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2eeff; }
.text { color: #c2eeff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2eeff; }

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 #c2eeff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2eeff 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 #c2eeff 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 #c2eeff 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 #c2eeff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.