Light blue

#a7d2db

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

Light blue is a light teal, relaxed between blue and green. 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 #a7d2db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a7d2db

RGB167, 210, 219

HSL190, 42%, 76%

HSV190, 24%, 86%

CMYK24%, 4%, 0%, 14%

Lab81.52, -12.03, -9.08

XYZ51.77, 59.42, 75.76

Decimal10998491

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone629 C

Shades of light blue

#8ec5d1 #75b8c6 #5babbc #479bad #3c8594 #326e7b #285761 #1e4148 #132a2f #091316

Tints of light blue

#afd6de #b6dae1 #bedee4 #c5e1e7 #cde5ea #d4e9ed #dcedf1 #e3f1f4 #ebf5f7 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dbb0a7 Analogous#a7dbca Analogous#a7b8db Triadic#dba7d2 Triadic#d2dba7 Split complementary#dba7b8 Split complementary#dbcaa7

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 24, 4, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a7d2db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 4 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 8 4 20

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 #a7d2db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a7d2db; }
.text { color: #a7d2db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a7d2db; }

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 #a7d2db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a7d2db 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 #a7d2db 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 #a7d2db 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

Every value on this page for #a7d2db 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.