Pale blue

#cdc1ff

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

This is Pale blue, a vivid blue at 252 degrees. 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 #cdc1ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdc1ff
RGB205, 193, 255
HSL252, 100%, 88%
HSV252, 24%, 100%
CMYK20%, 24%, 0%, 0%
Lab80.93, 16.53, -28.95
XYZ62.3, 58.34, 102.58
Decimal13484543
Web safe#ccccff
Pantone264 C
Pantone264 CHex#cdc1ffRgb205 193 255Cmyk20 24 0 0Lab81 17 -29Darker#5a32ffDeep#937affLighter#e7e2fd

Shades of pale blue

Tints of pale blue

Colors that go with pale blue

Pale blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 20, 24, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdc1ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
20 24 0 0
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
22 26 4 6
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 #cdc1ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdc1ff; }
.text { color: #cdc1ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdc1ff; }

How pale blue looks on light and dark

Pale blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cdc1ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.66:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
12.67:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdc1ff 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 #cdc1ff 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 #cdc1ff 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

The figures for #cdc1ff 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.