Light blue

#c2d0cf

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

Light blue lands where green meets blue, light and muted. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #c2d0cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2d0cf

RGB194, 208, 207

HSL176, 13%, 79%

HSV176, 7%, 82%

CMYK7%, 0%, 0%, 18%

Lab82.42, -4.91, -1.14

XYZ56.07, 61.09, 67.87

Decimal12767439

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of light blue

#adc0be #98b0ae #83a09d #6e8f8d #5e7a78 #4e6564 #3e504f #2e3b3a #1d2626 #0d1111

Tints of light blue

#c7d4d3 #ccd8d7 #d1dcdb #d6e0df #dbe4e3 #e1e8e7 #e6ebeb #ebefef #f0f3f3 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#d0c2c3 Analogous#c2d0c8 Analogous#c2cad0 Triadic#cfc2d0 Triadic#d0cfc2 Split complementary#d0c2ca Split complementary#d0c8c2

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 0, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2d0cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 0 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 4 24

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 #c2d0cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2d0cf; }
.text { color: #c2d0cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2d0cf; }

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 #c2d0cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2d0cf 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 #c2d0cf 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 #c2d0cf 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 #c2d0cf 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.