Azure

#ccdcd8

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

Azure lands where green meets blue, light and muted. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Azure color values

Every conversion for #ccdcd8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ccdcd8

RGB204, 220, 216

HSL165, 19%, 83%

HSV165, 7%, 86%

CMYK7%, 0%, 2%, 14%

Lab86.49, -6.09, 0.11

XYZ62.89, 68.98, 74.97

Decimal13425880

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of azure

#b5ccc6 #9dbcb4 #86aca2 #6f9c91 #5d877c #4c6f67 #3c5851 #2c413c #1c2926 #0c1211

Tints of azure

#d4e2de #dce7e4 #e4edeb #ecf2f1 #f4f8f7

Colors that go with azure

Complementary#dcccd0 Analogous#ccdcd0 Analogous#ccd8dc Triadic#d8ccdc Triadic#dcd8cc Split complementary#dcccd8 Split complementary#dcd0cc

Azure in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 7, 0, 2, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ccdcd8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 0 2 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 6 20

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.

Azure in css

Copy #ccdcd8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ccdcd8; }
.text { color: #ccdcd8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ccdcd8; }

How azure looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Azure and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ccdcd8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ccdcd8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Azure on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ccdcd8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around azure? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn azure into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ccdcd8 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 azure, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ccdcd8 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.