Light blue

#c4e2fb

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 #c4e2fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4e2fb

RGB196, 226, 251

HSL207, 87%, 88%

HSV207, 22%, 98%

CMYK22%, 10%, 0%, 2%

Lab88.49, -4.58, -15.42

XYZ67.37, 73.09, 101.82

Decimal12903163

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light blue

#9dcff8 #76bcf6 #4fa8f3 #2895f0 #0f81e0 #0d6ab9 #0a5492 #073d6b #052744 #02111d

Tints of light blue

#c8e4fb #cce6fc #d1e8fc #d5eafc #d9ecfc #ddeefd #e2f1fd #e6f3fd #eaf5fe #eef7fe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fbddc4 Analogous#c4fbf9 Analogous#c4c6fb Triadic#fbc4e2 Triadic#e2fbc4 Split complementary#fbc4c7 Split complementary#fbf9c4

Light blue in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 22, 10, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4e2fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 10 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 13 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #c4e2fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4e2fb; }
.text { color: #c4e2fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4e2fb; }

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 #c4e2fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4e2fb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c4e2fb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c4e2fb 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

Every value on this page for #c4e2fb is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.