Light blue

#c2dfe7

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 soft. 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 #c2dfe7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2dfe7

RGB194, 223, 231

HSL193, 44%, 83%

HSV193, 16%, 91%

CMYK16%, 3%, 0%, 9%

Lab87.0, -7.89, -7.13

XYZ63.06, 70.01, 85.79

Decimal12771303

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a6d0dc #89c1d1 #6db2c6 #51a4ba #408ea3 #357587 #2a5d6b #1f444f #142c32 #091316

Tints of light blue

#c7e2e9 #cce4eb #d0e7ed #d5e9ef #daecf0 #dfeef2 #e4f1f4 #e9f3f6 #edf6f8 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e7cac2 Analogous#c2e7dc Analogous#c2cde7 Triadic#e7c2df Triadic#dfe7c2 Split complementary#e7c2cd Split complementary#e7dcc2

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 16, 3, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2dfe7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 3 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 7 4 15

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 #c2dfe7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2dfe7; }
.text { color: #c2dfe7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2dfe7; }

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 #c2dfe7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2dfe7 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 #c2dfe7 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 #c2dfe7 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 #c2dfe7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.