Light blue

#c5bef1

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 strong. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #c5bef1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5bef1

RGB197, 190, 241

HSL248, 65%, 85%

HSV248, 21%, 95%

CMYK18%, 21%, 0%, 5%

Lab79.07, 12.65, -24.36

XYZ57.32, 55.05, 90.82

Decimal12959473

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#a89dea #8a7ce3 #6d5bdc #4f3ad5 #3d29be #33229d #281b7c #1d145b #130d3a #080519

Tints of light blue

#c9c3f2 #cec8f3 #d2cdf4 #d7d2f5 #dbd7f6 #e4e1f9 #e9e6fa #edebfb #f2f0fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#eaf1be Analogous#bed0f1 Analogous#dfbef1 Triadic#f1c5be Triadic#bef1c5 Split complementary#f1dfbe Split complementary#d0f1be

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 18, 21, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5bef1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 21 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 23 4 11

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 #c5bef1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5bef1; }
.text { color: #c5bef1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5bef1; }

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 #c5bef1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5bef1 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 #c5bef1 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 #c5bef1 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 #c5bef1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.