Light blue

#bbb4e3

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, light and soft. 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 #bbb4e3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb4e3

RGB187, 180, 227

HSL249, 46%, 80%

HSV249, 21%, 89%

CMYK18%, 21%, 0%, 11%

Lab75.3, 11.92, -22.62

XYZ50.68, 48.75, 79.41

Decimal12301539

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#a299d9 #897dcf #7062c4 #5846ba #4a3b9f #3e3184 #312769 #241d4d #171332 #0a0816

Tints of light blue

#c1bae5 #c6c0e8 #ccc7ea #d1cdec #d7d3ef #ddd9f1 #e2dff3 #e8e6f6 #eeecf8 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dce3b4 Analogous#b4c4e3 Analogous#d3b4e3 Triadic#e3bbb4 Triadic#b4e3bb Split complementary#e3d3b4 Split complementary#c5e3b4

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 18, 21, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb4e3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 21 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 23 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 #bbb4e3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb4e3; }
.text { color: #bbb4e3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb4e3; }

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 #bbb4e3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb4e3 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 #bbb4e3 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 #bbb4e3 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 #bbb4e3 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.