Pale blue

#ccc4fb

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

Pale blue is a pale blue that reads quiet. 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.

Pale blue color values

Every conversion for #ccc4fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ccc4fb
RGB204, 196, 251
HSL249, 87%, 88%
HSV249, 22%, 98%
CMYK19%, 22%, 0%, 2%
Lab81.45, 13.73, -26.03
XYZ62.05, 59.28, 99.44
Decimal13419771
Web safe#ccccff
Pantone270 C
Pantone270 CHex#ccc4fbRgb204 196 251Cmyk19 22 0 2Lab81 14 -26Darker#583ef2Deep#9281f6Lighter#e7e4fc

Shades of pale blue

Tints of pale blue

Colors that go with pale blue

Pale 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 19, 22, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ccc4fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
19 22 0 2
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
21 24 4 8
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.

Pale blue in css

Copy #ccc4fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ccc4fb; }
.text { color: #ccc4fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ccc4fb; }

How pale blue looks on light and dark

Pale blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ccc4fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.63:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
12.86:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ccc4fb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ccc4fb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

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

Four patterns built from #ccc4fb and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pale blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ccc4fb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.