Light blue

#b4e1f3

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 #b4e1f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4e1f3

RGB180, 225, 243

HSL197, 72%, 83%

HSV197, 26%, 95%

CMYK26%, 7%, 0%, 5%

Lab87.01, -10.55, -13.54

XYZ61.93, 70.02, 95.05

Decimal11854323

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone291 C

Shades of light blue

#92d3ee #70c6e8 #4fb8e3 #2dabdd #1f95c4 #1a7ba2 #146180 #0f475e #0a2e3c #04141a

Tints of light blue

#bae3f4 #c0e6f5 #c6e8f6 #ccebf7 #d2edf8 #d8eff9 #def2fa #e4f4fb #eaf6fc #f0f9fd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f3c6b4 Analogous#b4f3e5 Analogous#b4c2f3 Triadic#f3b4e1 Triadic#e1f3b4 Split complementary#f3b4c2 Split complementary#f3e5b4

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 26, 7, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4e1f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 7 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 10 4 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #b4e1f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4e1f3; }
.text { color: #b4e1f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4e1f3; }

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 #b4e1f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4e1f3 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 #b4e1f3 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 #b4e1f3 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

Here is how the numbers for #b4e1f3 are worked out. 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.