Light blue

#b8cdcd

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

Light blue is a light teal, soft between blue and green. 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 #b8cdcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8cdcd

RGB184, 205, 205

HSL180, 17%, 76%

HSV180, 10%, 80%

CMYK10%, 0%, 0%, 20%

Lab80.88, -7.05, -2.42

XYZ52.62, 58.26, 66.23

Decimal12111309

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of light blue

#a3bebe #8eafaf #79a1a1 #669090 #577b7b #486666 #395151 #2a3c3c #1b2727 #0d1212

Tints of light blue

#bed1d1 #c4d6d6 #cadada #d0dede #d6e2e2 #dce7e7 #e2ebeb #e8efef #eef3f3 #f5f8f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#cdb8b8 Analogous#b8cdc3 Analogous#b8c3cd Triadic#cdb8cd Triadic#cdcdb8 Split complementary#cdb8c3 Split complementary#cdc3b8

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8cdcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 4 26

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 #b8cdcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8cdcd; }
.text { color: #b8cdcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8cdcd; }

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 #b8cdcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8cdcd 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 #b8cdcd 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 #b8cdcd 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 #b8cdcd are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.