Light blue

#c6ecff

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, pale and vivid. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #c6ecff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c6ecff

RGB198, 236, 255

HSL200, 100%, 89%

HSV200, 22%, 100%

CMYK22%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab91.33, -8.25, -13.25

XYZ71.33, 79.22, 106.14

Decimal13036799

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#9cdeff #72d0ff #47c2ff #1db4ff #00a1f2 #0085c8 #00699d #004d73 #003149 #00141f

Tints of light blue

#caedff #ceefff #d2f0ff #d6f1ff #daf3ff #ddf4ff #e1f5ff #e5f6ff #e9f8ff #edf9ff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffd9c6 Analogous#c6fff6 Analogous#c6d0ff Triadic#ffc6ec Triadic#ecffc6 Split complementary#ffc6d0 Split complementary#fff6c6

Light blue in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 22, 7, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c6ecff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 10 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #c6ecff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c6ecff; }
.text { color: #c6ecff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c6ecff; }

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 #c6ecff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c6ecff 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 #c6ecff 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 #c6ecff 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

Every value on this page for #c6ecff is computed, not guessed. 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.