Pale blue

#cdc4fc

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

Pale blue is a pale blue that reads quiet. 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.

Pale blue color values

Every conversion for #cdc4fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdc4fc

RGB205, 196, 252

HSL250, 90%, 88%

HSV250, 22%, 99%

CMYK19%, 22%, 0%, 1%

Lab81.56, 14.25, -26.39

XYZ62.49, 59.49, 100.28

Decimal13485308

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of pale blue

#ab9cfa #8a75f8 #684df6 #4625f4 #2e0ce4 #260abc #1e0894 #16066d #0e0445 #06011d

Tints of pale blue

#d1c8fc #d4ccfc #d8d1fd #dbd5fd #dfd9fd #e2ddfd #e6e1fd #e9e6fe #edeafe #f1eefe

Colors that go with pale blue

Complementary#f3fcc4 Analogous#c4d7fc Analogous#e9c4fc Triadic#fccdc4 Triadic#c4fccd Split complementary#fce9c4 Split complementary#d7fcc4

Pale blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 19, 22, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdc4fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 22 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 24 4 7

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.

Pale blue in css

Copy #cdc4fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdc4fc; }
.text { color: #cdc4fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdc4fc; }

How pale blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cdc4fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdc4fc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cdc4fc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around pale blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cdc4fc 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 pale blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cdc4fc 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.