Alice blue

#cad3d6

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

Alice 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.

Alice blue color values

Every conversion for #cad3d6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cad3d6

RGB202, 211, 214

HSL195, 13%, 82%

HSV195, 6%, 84%

CMYK6%, 1%, 0%, 16%

Lab83.97, -2.47, -2.55

XYZ59.79, 64.0, 72.82

Decimal13292502

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone643 C

Shades of alice blue

#b4c1c5 #9fafb4 #899da4 #738b93 #61777e #516268 #404e52 #2f393d #1e2527 #0d1011

Tints of alice blue

#d3dadd #dbe1e3 #e4e8ea #ecf0f1 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with alice blue

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Alice 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 6, 1, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cad3d6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 1 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 5 4 22

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.

Alice blue in css

Copy #cad3d6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cad3d6; }
.text { color: #cad3d6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cad3d6; }

How alice blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Alice blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cad3d6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cad3d6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Alice blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cad3d6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around alice 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 alice blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cad3d6 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 alice blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #cad3d6 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.