Light blue

#ceebff

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

This is Light blue, a vivid blue at 204 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.

Light blue color values

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

Hex#ceebff

RGB206, 235, 255

HSL204, 100%, 90%

HSV204, 19%, 100%

CMYK19%, 8%, 0%, 0%

Lab91.58, -5.35, -12.83

XYZ73.21, 79.76, 106.14

Decimal13560831

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a3d9ff #78c8ff #4db6ff #22a5ff #0091f6 #0078cb #005fa0 #004575 #002c4a #00121f

Tints of light blue

#d7efff #def1ff #e7f5ff #edf8ff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffe2ce Analogous#cefffb Analogous#ced3ff Triadic#ffceeb Triadic#ebffce Split complementary#ffced3 Split complementary#fffbce

Light blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 19, 8, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 8 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 11 4 6

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.

Light blue in css

Copy #ceebff straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Here is how the numbers for #ceebff are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.