Light steel blue

#a8c8ea

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

This is Light steel blue, a strong blue at 211 degrees. 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 #a8c8ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a8c8ea

RGB168, 200, 234

HSL211, 61%, 79%

HSV211, 28%, 92%

CMYK28%, 15%, 0%, 8%

Lab79.37, -3.05, -20.33

XYZ51.65, 55.57, 85.85

Decimal11061482

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone283 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8ab5e3 #6ca2dc #4e8fd4 #317ccc #2a6aae #235890 #1c4672 #143354 #0d2137 #060f19

Tints of light steel blue

#afcdec #b7d1ee #bed6ef #c5daf1 #ccdff3 #d4e4f5 #dbe8f6 #e2edf8 #e9f1fa #f1f6fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#eacaa8 Analogous#a8e9ea Analogous#a9a8ea Triadic#eaa8c8 Triadic#c8eaa8 Split complementary#eaa9a8 Split complementary#e9eaa8

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 28, 15, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a8c8ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 15 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 18 4 14

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 #a8c8ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a8c8ea; }
.text { color: #a8c8ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a8c8ea; }

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 #a8c8ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a8c8ea 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 #a8c8ea 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 #a8c8ea 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 #a8c8ea 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.