Light blue

#c6bbf5

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

Light blue is a light blue that reads open. 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 #c6bbf5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c6bbf5
RGB198, 187, 245
HSL251, 74%, 85%
HSV251, 24%, 96%
CMYK19%, 24%, 0%, 4%
Lab78.54, 15.46, -27.3
XYZ57.54, 54.14, 93.8
Decimal13024245
Web safe#ccccff
Pantone264 C
Pantone264 CHex#c6bbf5Rgb198 187 245Cmyk19 24 0 4Lab79 15 -27Darker#5e3fe3Deep#927decLighter#e9e5fa

Shades of light blue

Tints of light blue

Colors that go with light blue

Light blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 19, 24, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c6bbf5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
19 24 0 4
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
21 26 4 10
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 #c6bbf5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c6bbf5; }
.text { color: #c6bbf5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c6bbf5; }

How light blue looks on light and dark

Light blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c6bbf5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
11.83:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c6bbf5 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 #c6bbf5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #c6bbf5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #c6bbf5 is computed, not guessed. 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.