Light blue

#c9eeff

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

This is Light blue, a vivid blue at 199 degrees. 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 #c9eeff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9eeff

RGB201, 238, 255

HSL199, 100%, 89%

HSV199, 21%, 100%

CMYK21%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab92.04, -8.38, -12.18

XYZ72.71, 80.79, 106.37

Decimal13233919

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#9ee1ff #74d3ff #49c6ff #1fb8ff #00a7f3 #008ac9 #006c9e #004f74 #003249 #00151f

Tints of light blue

#d4f1ff #dbf4ff #e2f6ff #eaf8ff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffdac9 Analogous#c9fff5 Analogous#c9d3ff Triadic#ffc9ee Triadic#eeffc9 Split complementary#ffc9d3 Split complementary#fff5c9

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 21, 7, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9eeff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 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 #c9eeff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9eeff; }
.text { color: #c9eeff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9eeff; }

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 #c9eeff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9eeff 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 #c9eeff 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 #c9eeff 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

Here is how the numbers for #c9eeff are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.