Light blue

#bbd0d4

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

This is Light blue, a muted teal at 190 degrees. 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 #bbd0d4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbd0d4

RGB187, 208, 212

HSL190, 23%, 78%

HSV190, 12%, 83%

CMYK12%, 2%, 0%, 17%

Lab82.07, -6.23, -4.39

XYZ54.93, 60.43, 71.06

Decimal12308692

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of light blue

#a4c0c6 #8eb1b7 #77a1a9 #61919a #537c84 #45676d #375156 #283c40 #1a2729 #0c1213

Tints of light blue

#c1d4d8 #c6d8db #ccdcdf #d2e0e2 #d8e4e6 #dde8ea #e3eced #e9f0f1 #eef3f4 #f4f7f8

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d4bfbb Analogous#bbd4cc Analogous#bbc3d4 Triadic#d4bbd0 Triadic#d0d4bb Split complementary#d4bbc3 Split complementary#d4ccbb

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 12, 2, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbd0d4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 2 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 6 4 23

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 #bbd0d4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbd0d4; }
.text { color: #bbd0d4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbd0d4; }

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 #bbd0d4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbd0d4 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 #bbd0d4 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 #bbd0d4 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 #bbd0d4 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.