Light blue

#b1d2e6

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

Light blue is a light blue that reads open. 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 #b1d2e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b1d2e6

RGB177, 210, 230

HSL203, 51%, 80%

HSV203, 23%, 90%

CMYK23%, 9%, 0%, 10%

Lab82.46, -6.58, -13.48

XYZ55.46, 61.15, 83.74

Decimal11653862

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#94c2dd #78b1d4 #5ba1cb #3f90c1 #357ba6 #2c6689 #23516d #1a3c50 #112634 #071117

Tints of light blue

#b7d6e8 #bed9ea #c4ddec #cbe1ee #d1e5f0 #d8e8f2 #deecf4 #e5f0f7 #ebf3f9 #f1f7fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e6c5b1 Analogous#b1e6e0 Analogous#b1b8e6 Triadic#e6b1d2 Triadic#d2e6b1 Split complementary#e6b1b8 Split complementary#e6e0b1

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 23, 9, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b1d2e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 9 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 12 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 #b1d2e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b1d2e6; }
.text { color: #b1d2e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b1d2e6; }

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 #b1d2e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b1d2e6 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 #b1d2e6 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 #b1d2e6 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 #b1d2e6 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.