Light blue

#cfeeff

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

Light blue is a pale blue that reads gentle. 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 #cfeeff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfeeff

RGB207, 238, 255

HSL201, 100%, 91%

HSV201, 19%, 100%

CMYK19%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab92.41, -6.59, -11.58

XYZ74.36, 81.63, 106.45

Decimal13627135

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a4dfff #79cfff #4ec0ff #22b1ff #009ff6 #0083cb #0067a0 #004b75 #00304a #00141f

Tints of light blue

#d2efff #d5f0ff #d8f1ff #dbf2ff #def3ff #e1f4ff #e4f5ff #e7f7ff #eaf8ff #edf9ff

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#ffe0cf Analogous#cffff8 Analogous#cfd6ff Triadic#ffcfee Triadic#eeffcf Split complementary#ffcfd6 Split complementary#fff8cf

Light blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 19, 7, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 10 4 6

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 #cfeeff straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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