Light blue

#bcd5dc

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, open 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 #bcd5dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcd5dc

RGB188, 213, 220

HSL193, 31%, 80%

HSV193, 15%, 86%

CMYK15%, 3%, 0%, 14%

Lab83.68, -6.89, -6.27

XYZ57.45, 63.45, 76.93

Decimal12375516

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a3c5cf #8ab6c2 #72a6b5 #5997a8 #4b8190 #3e6b77 #31555e #243e46 #17282d #0b1214

Tints of light blue

#c2d8df #c7dce2 #cddfe5 #d2e3e8 #d8e6ea #ddeaed #e3edf0 #e8f1f3 #eef4f6 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dcc3bc Analogous#bcdcd3 Analogous#bcc5dc Triadic#dcbcd5 Triadic#d5dcbc Split complementary#dcbcc5 Split complementary#dcd3bc

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 15, 3, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcd5dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 3 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 7 4 20

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 #bcd5dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcd5dc; }
.text { color: #bcd5dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcd5dc; }

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 #bcd5dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcd5dc 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 #bcd5dc 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 #bcd5dc 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 #bcd5dc 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.