Light blue

#cbe5fb

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

This is Light blue, a vivid blue at 207 degrees. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #cbe5fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbe5fb

RGB203, 229, 251

HSL207, 86%, 89%

HSV207, 19%, 98%

CMYK19%, 9%, 0%, 2%

Lab89.72, -4.03, -13.54

XYZ70.06, 75.7, 102.19

Decimal13362683

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light blue

#a4d1f8 #7cbef5 #55aaf2 #2e96ef #1182e1 #0e6bba #0b5492 #083e6b #052744 #02101c

Tints of light blue

#cfe7fb #d2e9fc #d6eafc #d9ecfc #ddeefc #e0f0fd #e4f1fd #e7f3fd #ebf5fd #eef7fe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fbe1cb Analogous#cbfbf9 Analogous#cbcdfb Triadic#fbcbe5 Triadic#e5fbcb Split complementary#fbcbcd Split complementary#fbf9cb

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 19, 9, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbe5fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 9 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 12 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 #cbe5fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbe5fb; }
.text { color: #cbe5fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbe5fb; }

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 #cbe5fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbe5fb 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 #cbe5fb 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 #cbe5fb 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

Here is how the numbers for #cbe5fb are worked out. 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.