Light blue

#a6c8cb

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and muted. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #a6c8cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a6c8cb

RGB166, 200, 203

HSL185, 26%, 72%

HSV185, 18%, 80%

CMYK18%, 1%, 0%, 20%

Lab78.3, -10.64, -5.28

XYZ47.16, 53.73, 64.38

Decimal10930379

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone551 C

Shades of light blue

#91bbbf #7baeb2 #66a0a6 #568f93 #4a7a7e #3d6569 #315153 #243c3e #182729 #0b1313

Tints of light blue

#aecdd0 #b6d2d4 #bdd6d9 #c5dbdd #cde0e2 #d5e5e6 #dceaeb #e4eeef #ecf3f4 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cba9a6 Analogous#a6cbbb Analogous#a6b6cb Triadic#cba6c8 Triadic#c8cba6 Split complementary#cba6b6 Split complementary#cbbba6

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 18, 1, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a6c8cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 1 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 5 4 26

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 #a6c8cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a6c8cb; }
.text { color: #a6c8cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a6c8cb; }

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 #a6c8cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a6c8cb 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 #a6c8cb 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 #a6c8cb 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 #a6c8cb are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.