Light blue

#caebf5

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

This is Light blue, a strong teal at 194 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #caebf5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#caebf5

RGB202, 235, 245

HSL194, 68%, 88%

HSV194, 18%, 96%

CMYK18%, 4%, 0%, 4%

Lab91.04, -8.66, -8.44

XYZ70.55, 78.57, 97.83

Decimal13298677

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#a7deee #84d1e8 #61c3e1 #3eb6db #26a3c9 #1f87a6 #196a83 #124e60 #0b313d #05151a

Tints of light blue

#d2eef6 #ddf2f9 #e5f5fa #ecf8fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f5d4ca Analogous#caf5ea Analogous#cad5f5 Triadic#f5caeb Triadic#ebf5ca Split complementary#f5cad5 Split complementary#f5eaca

Light blue in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 18, 4, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #caebf5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 4 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 8 4 10

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 #caebf5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #caebf5; }
.text { color: #caebf5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #caebf5; }

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 #caebf5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #caebf5 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 #caebf5 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 #caebf5 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 #caebf5 is computed, not guessed. 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.