Light steel blue

#9bb0b7

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

Light steel blue sits in the blue band, mid and muted. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #9bb0b7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9bb0b7

RGB155, 176, 183

HSL195, 16%, 66%

HSV195, 15%, 72%

CMYK15%, 4%, 0%, 28%

Lab70.48, -5.75, -6.03

XYZ37.59, 41.44, 50.82

Decimal10203319

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone5435 C

Shades of light steel blue

#89a2aa #77949d #67858f #5a747d #4d646b #405359 #334247 #273236 #1a2124 #0d1112

Tints of light steel blue

#a4b7bd #adbec4 #b6c5ca #bfccd1 #c8d3d7 #d1dade #dae2e4 #e3e9eb #ecf0f1 #f5f7f8

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#b7a29b Analogous#9bb7b0 Analogous#9ba2b7 Triadic#b79bb0 Triadic#b0b79b Split complementary#b79ba2 Split complementary#b7b09b

Light steel 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 15, 4, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9bb0b7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 4 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 8 4 34

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 steel blue in css

Copy #9bb0b7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9bb0b7; }
.text { color: #9bb0b7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9bb0b7; }

How light steel blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9bb0b7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9bb0b7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9bb0b7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn light steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9bb0b7 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 steel blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #9bb0b7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.