Alice blue

#d3dfec

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

Alice blue is a pale blue that reads airy. 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.

Alice blue color values

Every conversion for #d3dfec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d3dfec

RGB211, 223, 236

HSL211, 40%, 88%

HSV211, 11%, 93%

CMYK11%, 6%, 0%, 7%

Lab88.3, -1.5, -7.73

XYZ68.39, 72.68, 89.78

Decimal13885420

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone545 C

Shades of alice blue

#b6cadf #99b5d3 #7ca0c6 #5f8aba #4876a7 #3b618a #2f4d6d #223850 #162432 #090f15

Tints of alice blue

#dce6f0 #e3eaf3 #ecf1f7 #f3f6fa

Colors that go with alice blue

Complementary#ece0d3 Analogous#d3ebec Analogous#d3d3ec Triadic#ecd3df Triadic#dfecd3 Split complementary#ecd3d3 Split complementary#ececd3

Alice blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 11, 6, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d3dfec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 6 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 10 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 #d3dfec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d3dfec; }
.text { color: #d3dfec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d3dfec; }

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 #d3dfec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d3dfec 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 #d3dfec 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 #d3dfec 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 #d3dfec are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.