Alice blue

#cfe3ec

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

This is Alice blue, a soft blue at 199 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Alice blue color values

Every conversion for #cfe3ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfe3ec

RGB207, 227, 236

HSL199, 43%, 87%

HSV199, 12%, 93%

CMYK12%, 4%, 0%, 7%

Lab89.05, -4.84, -6.65

XYZ68.34, 74.26, 90.09

Decimal13624300

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone290 C

Shades of alice blue

#b1d2e0 #94c1d5 #76afc9 #599ebd #438aaa #37728c #2c5a6f #204251 #142a33 #091216

Tints of alice blue

#dae9f0 #e4eff4 #ebf3f7 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with alice blue

Complementary#ecd8cf Analogous#cfece7 Analogous#cfd5ec Triadic#eccfe3 Triadic#e3eccf Split complementary#eccfd4 Split complementary#ece7cf

Alice blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 4, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cfe3ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 4 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 8 4 13

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.

Alice blue in css

Copy #cfe3ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cfe3ec; }
.text { color: #cfe3ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cfe3ec; }

How alice blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Alice blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cfe3ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfe3ec against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Alice blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cfe3ec sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Four patterns built from #cfe3ec 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 alice blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #cfe3ec are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.