Light blue

#cde3ea

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

This is Light blue, a soft teal at 194 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #cde3ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cde3ea

RGB205, 227, 234

HSL194, 41%, 86%

HSV194, 12%, 92%

CMYK12%, 3%, 0%, 8%

Lab88.86, -5.88, -5.89

XYZ67.5, 73.86, 88.54

Decimal13493226

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#b0d3de #93c3d2 #77b3c6 #5aa3ba #458ea5 #397589 #2d5d6c #21444f #152b32 #091316

Tints of light blue

#d1e5ec #d4e7ed #d8e9ef #dcebf0 #e0edf2 #e3f0f3 #e7f2f5 #ebf4f7 #eff6f8 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ead4cd Analogous#cdeae3 Analogous#cdd5ea Triadic#eacde3 Triadic#e3eacd Split complementary#eacdd5 Split complementary#eae3cd

Light blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 3, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cde3ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 3 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 7 4 14

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 #cde3ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cde3ea; }
.text { color: #cde3ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cde3ea; }

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 #cde3ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cde3ea 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 #cde3ea 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 #cde3ea 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 #cde3ea are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.