Light blue

#d1eefb

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

Light blue sits in the blue band, pale and vivid. 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 #d1eefb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d1eefb

RGB209, 238, 251

HSL199, 84%, 90%

HSV199, 17%, 98%

CMYK17%, 5%, 0%, 2%

Lab92.43, -6.81, -9.46

XYZ74.28, 81.67, 103.12

Decimal13758203

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a9dff8 #82d1f4 #5ac2f1 #33b4ed #14a2e2 #1086ba #0d6993 #094d6b #063144 #02141c

Tints of light blue

#d4effb #d7f0fc #daf1fc #ddf2fc #e0f3fc #e3f5fd #e6f6fd #e9f7fd #ecf8fd #eff9fe

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#fbded1 Analogous#d1fbf3 Analogous#d1d9fb Triadic#fbd1ee Triadic#eefbd1 Split complementary#fbd1d9 Split complementary#fbf3d1

Light blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 17, 5, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d1eefb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 5 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 9 4 8

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 #d1eefb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d1eefb; }
.text { color: #d1eefb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d1eefb; }

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 #d1eefb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d1eefb 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 #d1eefb 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 #d1eefb 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 #d1eefb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.