Light blue

#c9e7f3

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 soft. 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 #c9e7f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9e7f3

RGB201, 231, 243

HSL197, 64%, 87%

HSV197, 17%, 95%

CMYK17%, 5%, 0%, 5%

Lab89.88, -7.34, -9.13

XYZ68.84, 76.04, 95.84

Decimal13232115

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a7d8eb #85c9e4 #64badc #42abd5 #2b97c2 #247da0 #1c627f #15485d #0d2e3b #061319

Tints of light blue

#cde9f4 #d1ebf5 #d5ecf6 #d9eef7 #ddf0f7 #e1f2f8 #e5f3f9 #e9f5fa #ecf7fb #f0f9fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f3d5c9 Analogous#c9f3ea Analogous#c9d2f3 Triadic#f3c9e7 Triadic#e7f3c9 Split complementary#f3c9d2 Split complementary#f3eac9

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 17, 5, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9e7f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 5 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 9 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #c9e7f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9e7f3; }
.text { color: #c9e7f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9e7f3; }

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 #c9e7f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9e7f3 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 #c9e7f3 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 #c9e7f3 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 #c9e7f3 is computed, not guessed. 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.