Alice blue

#d9ebf5

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 quiet. 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 #d9ebf5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d9ebf5

RGB217, 235, 245

HSL201, 58%, 91%

HSV201, 11%, 96%

CMYK11%, 4%, 0%, 4%

Lab92.03, -3.99, -6.87

XYZ74.81, 80.76, 98.03

Decimal14281717

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of alice blue

#b7d9ec #95c7e3 #73b5da #50a3d1 #3390c3 #2a77a1 #215d7f #18445d #0f2b3a #061218

Tints of alice blue

#dbecf6 #deeef6 #e0eff7 #e3f0f8 #e5f1f8 #e7f3f9 #eaf4f9 #ecf5fa #eef6fb #f1f8fb

Colors that go with alice blue

Complementary#f5e3d9 Analogous#d9f5f1 Analogous#d9ddf5 Triadic#f5d9eb Triadic#ebf5d9 Split complementary#f5d9dd Split complementary#f5f1d9

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, 4, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d9ebf5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 4 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 8 4 10

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.

Alice blue in css

Copy #d9ebf5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d9ebf5; }
.text { color: #d9ebf5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d9ebf5; }

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 #d9ebf5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d9ebf5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Alice blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d9ebf5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn alice blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d9ebf5 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 #d9ebf5 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.