Light blue

#b6a9e4

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #b6a9e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b6a9e4

RGB182, 169, 228

HSL253, 52%, 78%

HSV253, 26%, 89%

CMYK20%, 26%, 0%, 11%

Lab72.18, 16.67, -27.97

XYZ47.48, 43.92, 79.37

Decimal11971044

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light blue

#9e8ddb #8771d2 #6f55ca #593cbf #4c33a3 #3f2a87 #32226b #25194f #181033 #0b0717

Tints of light blue

#bcb0e6 #c2b7e9 #c8bfeb #cfc6ed #d5cdef #dbd4f2 #e1dcf4 #e7e3f6 #edeaf8 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d7e4a9 Analogous#a9bae4 Analogous#d3a9e4 Triadic#e4b6a9 Triadic#a9e4b6 Split complementary#e4d3a9 Split complementary#bae4a9

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 20, 26, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b6a9e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 26 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 28 4 17

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 #b6a9e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b6a9e4; }
.text { color: #b6a9e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b6a9e4; }

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 #b6a9e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b6a9e4 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 #b6a9e4 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 #b6a9e4 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 #b6a9e4 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.