Light blue

#a6cddd

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, light and soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #a6cddd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a6cddd

RGB166, 205, 221

HSL197, 45%, 76%

HSV197, 25%, 87%

CMYK25%, 7%, 0%, 13%

Lab80.17, -9.29, -12.17

XYZ50.61, 56.99, 76.74

Decimal10931677

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#8cbfd3 #72b0c9 #59a2bf #4491b1 #3a7c97 #30677d #265264 #1c3c4a #122730 #081216

Tints of light blue

#aed1e0 #b5d6e3 #bddae6 #c4dee9 #cce2ec #d4e7ee #dbebf1 #e3eff4 #eaf3f7 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ddb6a6 Analogous#a6ddd2 Analogous#a6b1dd Triadic#dda6cd Triadic#cddda6 Split complementary#dda6b1 Split complementary#ddd2a6

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 25, 7, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a6cddd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 7 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 10 4 19

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 #a6cddd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a6cddd; }
.text { color: #a6cddd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a6cddd; }

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 #a6cddd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a6cddd 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 #a6cddd 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 #a6cddd 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 #a6cddd are worked out. 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.