Light steel blue

#a7bdde

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 open. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #a7bdde, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a7bdde

RGB167, 189, 222

HSL216, 45%, 76%

HSV216, 25%, 87%

CMYK25%, 15%, 0%, 13%

Lab76.0, -0.27, -18.98

XYZ47.32, 49.88, 76.24

Decimal10993118

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8da9d4 #7396ca #5982c1 #4370b3 #395f99 #2f4f7f #263f64 #1c2e4a #121e30 #080e16

Tints of light steel blue

#afc3e1 #b6c8e4 #becee6 #c5d4e9 #cdd9ec #d4dfef #dce4f2 #e3eaf5 #ebf0f7 #f2f5fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#dec8a7 Analogous#a7d8de Analogous#aca7de Triadic#dea7bd Triadic#bddea7 Split complementary#deaca7 Split complementary#d9dea7

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 15, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a7bdde on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 15 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 18 4 19

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 #a7bdde straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a7bdde; }
.text { color: #a7bdde; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a7bdde; }

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 #a7bdde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a7bdde 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 #a7bdde 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 #a7bdde 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

Every value on this page for #a7bdde is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.