Light blue

#cde4f2

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, pale and strong. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #cde4f2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cde4f2

RGB205, 228, 242

HSL203, 59%, 88%

HSV203, 15%, 95%

CMYK15%, 6%, 0%, 5%

Lab89.34, -4.77, -9.38

XYZ68.95, 74.88, 94.82

Decimal13493490

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#acd2e9 #8bc0e1 #6aaed8 #499dd0 #3188be #29719c #20597b #17415a #0f2939 #061118

Tints of light blue

#d1e6f3 #d4e8f4 #d8eaf5 #dbecf6 #dfeef7 #e3f0f8 #e6f2f9 #eaf3f9 #edf5fa #f1f7fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f2dbcd Analogous#cdf2ee Analogous#cdd2f2 Triadic#f2cde4 Triadic#e4f2cd Split complementary#f2cdd2 Split complementary#f2eecd

Light 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 15, 6, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cde4f2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 6 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 10 4 11

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #cde4f2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cde4f2; }
.text { color: #cde4f2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cde4f2; }

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 #cde4f2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cde4f2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cde4f2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cde4f2 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 #cde4f2 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.