Azure

#def3fc

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

Azure 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.

Azure color values

Every conversion for #def3fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#def3fc

RGB222, 243, 252

HSL198, 83%, 93%

HSV198, 12%, 99%

CMYK12%, 4%, 0%, 1%

Lab94.59, -5.11, -6.68

XYZ79.75, 86.66, 104.62

Decimal14611452

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of azure

#b5e4f8 #8dd5f5 #64c7f1 #3bb8ed #15a8e7 #118bbf #0e6d96 #0a506d #063245 #03141c

Tints of azure

#e0f4fc #e1f4fc #e3f5fc #e5f5fd #e6f6fd #e8f7fd #eaf7fd #ebf8fd #edf8fd #eff9fe

Colors that go with azure

Complementary#fce7de Analogous#defcf6 Analogous#dee4fc Triadic#fcdef3 Triadic#f3fcde Split complementary#fcdee4 Split complementary#fcf6de

Azure 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 12, 4, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #def3fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 4 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 8 4 7

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.

Azure in css

Copy #def3fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #def3fc; }
.text { color: #def3fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #def3fc; }

How azure looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Azure and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #def3fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #def3fc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Azure on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #def3fc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around azure? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn azure into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #def3fc 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 azure, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #def3fc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.