Light blue

#a4bbb7

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

This is Light blue, a muted teal at 170 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #a4bbb7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a4bbb7

RGB164, 187, 183

HSL170, 14%, 69%

HSV170, 12%, 73%

CMYK12%, 0%, 2%, 27%

Lab74.1, -8.63, -0.64

XYZ41.63, 46.85, 51.65

Decimal10795959

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5503 C

Shades of light blue

#92ada8 #7fa09a #6d928b #5f807a #526d68 #445b57 #364945 #283634 #1b2422 #0d1211

Tints of light blue

#acc1bd #b4c7c4 #bccdca #c4d3d1 #ccd9d7 #d4dfdd #dde5e4 #e5ebea #edf1f1 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#bba4a8 Analogous#a4bbac Analogous#a4b3bb Triadic#b7a4bb Triadic#bbb7a4 Split complementary#bba4b3 Split complementary#bbaca4

Light blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 2, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a4bbb7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 2 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 6 33

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.

Light blue in css

Copy #a4bbb7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a4bbb7; }
.text { color: #a4bbb7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a4bbb7; }

How light blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a4bbb7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a4bbb7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a4bbb7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a4bbb7 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 light blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a4bbb7 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.