Light blue

#c8dee3

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

Light blue is a light teal, open between blue and green. 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 #c8dee3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8dee3

RGB200, 222, 227

HSL191, 33%, 84%

HSV191, 12%, 89%

CMYK12%, 2%, 0%, 11%

Lab87.03, -6.29, -4.94

XYZ63.81, 70.07, 82.83

Decimal13164259

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#aeced6 #93bec8 #79afbb #5f9fae #4d8a98 #40727d #325a63 #254249 #182a2f #0a1214

Tints of light blue

#cce1e5 #d1e3e7 #d5e6ea #d9e8ec #deebee #e2eef0 #e6f0f2 #ebf3f5 #eff5f7 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#e3cdc8 Analogous#c8e3da Analogous#c8d0e3 Triadic#e3c8de Triadic#dee3c8 Split complementary#e3c8d1 Split complementary#e3dac8

Light blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 2, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8dee3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 2 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 6 4 17

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 #c8dee3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8dee3; }
.text { color: #c8dee3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8dee3; }

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 #c8dee3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8dee3 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 #c8dee3 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 #c8dee3 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 #c8dee3 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.