Light steel blue

#a2a5f9

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 relaxed. 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 #a2a5f9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2a5f9

RGB162, 165, 249

HSL238, 88%, 81%

HSV238, 35%, 98%

CMYK35%, 34%, 0%, 2%

Lab70.48, 18.26, -42.16

XYZ45.45, 41.43, 95.22

Decimal10659321

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7e82f7 #5b60f4 #373df2 #131bf0 #0d14cf #0b11ac #090d88 #060a64 #040640 #02031d

Tints of light steel blue

#aaacf9 #b1b4fa #b9bbfa #c0c3fb #c8cafb #d0d1fc #d7d9fc #dfe0fd #e7e7fd #eeeffe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f9f6a2 Analogous#a2d1f9 Analogous#caa2f9 Triadic#f9a2a5 Triadic#a5f9a2 Split complementary#f9cba2 Split complementary#d1f9a2

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 35, 34, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2a5f9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 34 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 35 4 8

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 #a2a5f9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2a5f9; }
.text { color: #a2a5f9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2a5f9; }

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 #a2a5f9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2a5f9 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 #a2a5f9 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 #a2a5f9 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 #a2a5f9 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.