Light blue

#cbc2f6

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 relaxed. 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 #cbc2f6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbc2f6

RGB203, 194, 246

HSL250, 74%, 86%

HSV250, 21%, 96%

CMYK17%, 21%, 0%, 4%

Lab80.7, 13.42, -24.5

XYZ60.55, 57.93, 95.18

Decimal13353718

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#ad9ef1 #8e7beb #7057e6 #5133e1 #3d1ecd #3219a9 #271486 #1d0e62 #12093e #08041b

Tints of light blue

#d3cbf7 #d7d0f8 #ded9f9 #e6e2fb #eae6fb #eeebfc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#edf6c2 Analogous#c2d3f6 Analogous#e5c2f6 Triadic#f6cbc2 Triadic#c2f6cb Split complementary#f6e5c2 Split complementary#d3f6c2

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, 21, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbc2f6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 21 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 23 4 10

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 #cbc2f6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbc2f6; }
.text { color: #cbc2f6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbc2f6; }

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 #cbc2f6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbc2f6 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 #cbc2f6 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 #cbc2f6 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 #cbc2f6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.