Light steel blue

#9f9ef2

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

Light steel blue is a light blue that reads soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #9f9ef2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9f9ef2

RGB159, 158, 242

HSL241, 76%, 78%

HSV241, 35%, 95%

CMYK34%, 35%, 0%, 5%

Lab68.19, 19.59, -41.94

XYZ42.55, 38.24, 89.14

Decimal10460914

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7f7dee #5f5de9 #3e3ce5 #201ede #1b19be #17159d #12117d #0d0c5c #09083c #04041b

Tints of light steel blue

#a7a6f3 #afaef4 #b7b6f5 #bfbff6 #c7c7f7 #cfcff9 #d7d7fa #dfdffb #e7e7fc #efeffd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f1f29e Analogous#9ec7f2 Analogous#c99ef2 Triadic#f29f9e Triadic#9ef29f Split complementary#f2c99e Split complementary#c7f29e

Light steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 34, 35, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9f9ef2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 35 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 36 4 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #9f9ef2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9f9ef2; }
.text { color: #9f9ef2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9f9ef2; }

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 #9f9ef2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9f9ef2 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 #9f9ef2 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 #9f9ef2 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

Here is how the numbers for #9f9ef2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.