Light steel blue

#aebbf2

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 #aebbf2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aebbf2

RGB174, 187, 242

HSL229, 72%, 82%

HSV229, 28%, 95%

CMYK28%, 23%, 0%, 5%

Lab76.65, 7.62, -28.75

XYZ51.25, 50.95, 91.14

Decimal11451378

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8d9fed #6c83e7 #4a67e2 #294bdd #1f3ec0 #1a339f #14287e #0f1e5d #0a133c #04081a

Tints of light steel blue

#b5c1f3 #bbc6f4 #c2ccf5 #c8d1f6 #cfd7f7 #d5dcf8 #dce2f9 #e2e7fa #e9edfb #f0f2fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f2e5ae Analogous#aeddf2 Analogous#c3aef2 Triadic#f2aebb Triadic#bbf2ae Split complementary#f2c3ae Split complementary#ddf2ae

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 23, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aebbf2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 23 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 25 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 #aebbf2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aebbf2; }
.text { color: #aebbf2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aebbf2; }

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 #aebbf2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aebbf2 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 #aebbf2 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 #aebbf2 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 #aebbf2 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. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.