Light blue

#aba4e5

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

This is Light blue, a strong blue at 246 degrees. 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 #aba4e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aba4e5

RGB171, 164, 229

HSL246, 56%, 77%

HSV246, 28%, 90%

CMYK25%, 28%, 0%, 10%

Lab70.08, 16.37, -31.82

XYZ44.21, 40.87, 79.69

Decimal11248869

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#9188dd #776cd5 #5d4fcd #4637c1 #3c2fa5 #322789 #271f6c #1d1750 #130f34 #090718

Tints of light blue

#b2ace7 #b9b3e9 #c0bbec #c7c3ee #cfcbf0 #d6d2f2 #dddaf4 #e4e2f7 #ebe9f9 #f2f1fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dee5a4 Analogous#a4bee5 Analogous#cba4e5 Triadic#e5aba4 Triadic#a4e5ab Split complementary#e5cba4 Split complementary#bee5a4

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, 28, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aba4e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 28 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 30 4 16

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 #aba4e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aba4e5; }
.text { color: #aba4e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aba4e5; }

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 #aba4e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aba4e5 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 #aba4e5 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 #aba4e5 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 #aba4e5 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.