Light blue

#aea8ea

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 strong. 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 #aea8ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aea8ea

RGB174, 168, 234

HSL245, 61%, 79%

HSV245, 28%, 92%

CMYK26%, 28%, 0%, 8%

Lab71.52, 16.21, -32.31

XYZ46.31, 42.94, 83.69

Decimal11446506

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light blue

#928ae3 #766cdc #5a4ed4 #3f31cc #362aae #2d2390 #241c72 #1a1454 #110d37 #080619

Tints of light blue

#b5afec #bcb7ee #c2beef #c9c5f1 #d0ccf3 #d7d4f5 #dddbf6 #e4e2f8 #ebe9fa #f2f1fc

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e4eaa8 Analogous#a8c3ea Analogous#cfa8ea Triadic#eaaea8 Triadic#a8eaae Split complementary#eacfa8 Split complementary#c3eaa8

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 28, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aea8ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 28 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 30 4 14

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 #aea8ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aea8ea; }
.text { color: #aea8ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aea8ea; }

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 #aea8ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aea8ea 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 #aea8ea 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 #aea8ea 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

The figures for #aea8ea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.