Sky blue

#86b5c1

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

Sky blue is a mid teal, confident between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #86b5c1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#86b5c1

RGB134, 181, 193

HSL192, 32%, 64%

HSV192, 31%, 76%

CMYK31%, 6%, 0%, 24%

Lab70.85, -12.64, -11.13

XYZ35.98, 41.97, 56.66

Decimal8828353

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone550 C

Shades of sky blue

#72a9b7 #5f9dad #518e9d #477c8a #3d6a76 #335963 #28474f #1e363b #142428 #0a1214

Tints of sky blue

#91bcc7 #9cc2cc #a7c9d2 #b2d0d7 #bdd6dd #c8dde3 #d2e4e8 #ddeaee #e8f1f3 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#c19286 Analogous#86c1b0 Analogous#8697c1 Triadic#c186b5 Triadic#b5c186 Split complementary#c18697 Split complementary#c1b086

Sky blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 31, 6, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #86b5c1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 6 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 10 4 30

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.

Sky blue in css

Copy #86b5c1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #86b5c1; }
.text { color: #86b5c1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #86b5c1; }

How sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #86b5c1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #86b5c1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #86b5c1 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #86b5c1 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 sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #86b5c1 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.