Light blue

#aaa3ca

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 muted. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #aaa3ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa3ca

RGB170, 163, 202

HSL251, 27%, 72%

HSV251, 19%, 79%

CMYK16%, 19%, 0%, 21%

Lab68.75, 10.42, -19.0

XYZ40.34, 39.0, 61.28

Decimal11183050

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light blue

#968ebe #8379b2 #6f63a5 #605593 #52487e #443c68 #363053 #28243e #1a1729 #0d0b13

Tints of light blue

#b1abcf #b9b3d3 #c0bbd8 #c8c3dd #cfcbe1 #d7d3e6 #dedbeb #e6e4ef #edecf4 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#c3caa3 Analogous#a3afca Analogous#bda3ca Triadic#caaaa3 Triadic#a3caaa Split complementary#cabea3 Split complementary#afcaa3

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 19, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa3ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 19 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 21 4 27

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 #aaa3ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa3ca; }
.text { color: #aaa3ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa3ca; }

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 #aaa3ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa3ca 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 #aaa3ca 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 #aaa3ca 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 #aaa3ca 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.