Alice blue

#dce2ec

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 gentle. 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 #dce2ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dce2ec

RGB220, 226, 236

HSL218, 30%, 89%

HSV218, 7%, 93%

CMYK7%, 4%, 0%, 7%

Lab89.7, -0.14, -5.57

XYZ71.85, 75.66, 90.17

Decimal14476012

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone656 C

Shades of alice blue

#c0cbdd #a5b4ce #899dbf #6e87b0 #56719e #475d82 #384967 #29364b #1a222f #0b0e14

Tints of alice blue

#dee4ed #e1e6ef #e3e8f0 #e5eaf1 #e8ecf2 #eaeef4 #ecf0f5 #eff2f6 #f1f3f7 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with alice blue

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Alice 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 7, 4, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dce2ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 4 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Alice blue in css

Copy #dce2ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dce2ec; }
.text { color: #dce2ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dce2ec; }

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 #dce2ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dce2ec 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 #dce2ec 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 #dce2ec 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

Every value on this page for #dce2ec is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.