Light blue

#c6edfb

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 #c6edfb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c6edfb

RGB198, 237, 251

HSL196, 87%, 88%

HSV196, 21%, 98%

CMYK21%, 6%, 0%, 2%

Lab91.48, -9.62, -10.95

XYZ70.99, 79.54, 102.88

Decimal13037051

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of light blue

#9fe1f8 #78d4f6 #51c8f3 #2abcf0 #10a9e0 #0d8cb9 #0a6e92 #07516b #053344 #02161d

Tints of light blue

#caeefb #cef0fc #d2f1fc #d6f2fc #daf3fc #def5fd #e2f6fd #e6f7fd #eaf8fe #eefafe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fbd4c6 Analogous#c6fbee Analogous#c6d3fb Triadic#fbc6ed Triadic#edfbc6 Split complementary#fbc6d3 Split complementary#fbeec6

Light blue in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 21, 6, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c6edfb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 6 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 10 4 8

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 #c6edfb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c6edfb; }
.text { color: #c6edfb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c6edfb; }

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 #c6edfb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c6edfb 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 #c6edfb 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 #c6edfb 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 #c6edfb 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.