Light blue

#bdb4e4

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 #bdb4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdb4e4

RGB189, 180, 228

HSL251, 47%, 80%

HSV251, 21%, 89%

CMYK17%, 21%, 0%, 11%

Lab75.49, 12.77, -22.85

XYZ51.31, 49.06, 80.16

Decimal12432612

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light blue

#a598da #8c7dd0 #7461c6 #5b45bc #4d3aa1 #403086 #33266a #251c4e #181232 #0b0817

Tints of light blue

#c2bae6 #c8c0e8 #cdc7eb #d3cded #d8d3ef #ded9f1 #e3dff4 #e9e5f6 #eeecf8 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dbe4b4 Analogous#b4c3e4 Analogous#d5b4e4 Triadic#e4bdb4 Triadic#b4e4bd Split complementary#e4d5b4 Split complementary#c3e4b4

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 17, 21, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdb4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 21 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 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 #bdb4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdb4e4; }
.text { color: #bdb4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdb4e4; }

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 #bdb4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdb4e4 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 #bdb4e4 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 #bdb4e4 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 #bdb4e4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.