Light blue

#b4e4f3

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and strong. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b4e4f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4e4f3

RGB180, 228, 243

HSL194, 72%, 83%

HSV194, 26%, 95%

CMYK26%, 6%, 0%, 5%

Lab87.81, -12.08, -12.35

XYZ62.74, 71.66, 95.32

Decimal11855091

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#92d8ee #70cce8 #4fbfe3 #2db3dd #1f9cc4 #1a81a2 #146680 #0f4b5e #0a303c #04151a

Tints of light blue

#bae6f4 #c0e8f5 #c6eaf6 #ccedf7 #d2eff8 #d8f1f9 #def3fa #e4f5fb #eaf7fc #f0f9fd

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#f3c3b4 Analogous#b4f3e2 Analogous#b4c5f3 Triadic#f3b4e4 Triadic#e4f3b4 Split complementary#f3b4c5 Split complementary#f3e3b4

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 6, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4e4f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 6 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 #b4e4f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4e4f3; }
.text { color: #b4e4f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4e4f3; }

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 #b4e4f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4e4f3 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 #b4e4f3 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 #b4e4f3 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 #b4e4f3 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.