Alice blue

#dfe4e8

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

Alice blue sits in the blue band, pale and muted. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Alice blue color values

Every conversion for #dfe4e8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfe4e8

RGB223, 228, 232

HSL207, 16%, 89%

HSV207, 4%, 91%

CMYK4%, 2%, 0%, 9%

Lab90.32, -0.93, -2.54

XYZ72.74, 77.0, 87.37

Decimal14673128

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone656 C

Shades of alice blue

#c6cfd6 #aebac5 #95a5b3 #7c91a1 #667c8d #546675 #42505c #303b43 #1f252a #0d1012

Tints of alice blue

#e1e6ea #e3e8eb #e5e9ed #e8ebee #eaedf0 #eceff1 #eef1f3 #f0f3f4 #f2f4f6 #f5f6f8

Colors that go with alice blue

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Alice 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 4, 2, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfe4e8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 2 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 6 4 15

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.

Alice blue in css

Copy #dfe4e8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfe4e8; }
.text { color: #dfe4e8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfe4e8; }

How alice blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Alice blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dfe4e8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfe4e8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Alice blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dfe4e8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn alice blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dfe4e8 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 alice blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dfe4e8 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.