Light blue

#cfecff

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 vivid. 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 #cfecff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfecff

RGB207, 236, 255

HSL204, 100%, 91%

HSV204, 19%, 100%

CMYK19%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab91.9, -5.56, -12.35

XYZ73.78, 80.48, 106.25

Decimal13626623

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a4dbff #79caff #4eb9ff #22a8ff #0095f6 #007bcb #0061a0 #004775 #002d4a #00121f

Tints of light blue

#d8f0ff #e1f3ff #e7f6ff #edf8ff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffe2cf Analogous#cffffa Analogous#cfd4ff Triadic#ffcfec Triadic#ecffcf Split complementary#ffcfd4 Split complementary#fffacf

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 19, 7, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 10 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 #cfecff straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfecff 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 #cfecff 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 #cfecff 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 #cfecff 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.