Light blue

#cbc0fc

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #cbc0fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbc0fc

RGB203, 192, 252

HSL251, 91%, 87%

HSV251, 24%, 99%

CMYK19%, 24%, 0%, 1%

Lab80.42, 15.81, -28.14

XYZ61.05, 57.42, 99.96

Decimal13353212

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone264 C

Shades of light blue

#aa99fa #8a71f8 #694af6 #4922f4 #320be3 #2a09bb #210794 #18056c #0f0345 #06011d

Tints of light blue

#cfc5fc #d6cefd #ded7fd #e2dcfd #e9e5fe #ede9fe #f1eefe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f1fcc0 Analogous#c0d3fc Analogous#e9c0fc Triadic#fccbc0 Triadic#c0fccb Split complementary#fce9c0 Split complementary#d3fcc0

Light blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 19, 24, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbc0fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 24 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 26 4 7

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 #cbc0fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbc0fc; }
.text { color: #cbc0fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbc0fc; }

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 #cbc0fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbc0fc 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 #cbc0fc 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 #cbc0fc 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

The figures for #cbc0fc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.