Light blue

#bdd2dd

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #bdd2dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdd2dd

RGB189, 210, 221

HSL201, 32%, 80%

HSV201, 14%, 87%

CMYK14%, 5%, 0%, 13%

Lab82.98, -4.8, -7.83

XYZ57.08, 62.13, 77.39

Decimal12440285

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a4c1d0 #8bb0c3 #729fb6 #598ea9 #4b7991 #3e6478 #314f5f #243b46 #17262d #0a1114

Tints of light blue

#c2d6e0 #c8d9e3 #cddde5 #d3e1e8 #d8e4eb #dee8ee #e3ecf1 #e8f0f3 #eef3f6 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ddc8bd Analogous#bdddd8 Analogous#bdc2dd Triadic#ddbdd2 Triadic#d2ddbd Split complementary#ddbdc2 Split complementary#ddd8bd

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 14, 5, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdd2dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 5 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 9 4 19

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 #bdd2dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdd2dd; }
.text { color: #bdd2dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdd2dd; }

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 #bdd2dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdd2dd 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 #bdd2dd 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 #bdd2dd 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 #bdd2dd are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.