Light steel blue

#b2b2ee

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #b2b2ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b2b2ee

RGB178, 178, 238

HSL240, 64%, 82%

HSV240, 25%, 93%

CMYK25%, 25%, 0%, 7%

Lab74.5, 12.79, -29.87

XYZ49.71, 47.48, 87.43

Decimal11711214

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9292e7 #7373e0 #5353d9 #3434d2 #2828b7 #212197 #1a1a78 #131358 #0d0d39 #060619

Tints of light steel blue

#b8b8ef #bebef1 #c5c5f2 #cbcbf4 #d1d1f5 #d7d7f6 #dedef8 #e4e4f9 #eaeafa #f0f0fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#eeeeb2 Analogous#b2d0ee Analogous#d0b2ee Triadic#eeb2b2 Triadic#b2eeb2 Split complementary#eed0b2 Split complementary#d0eeb2

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 25, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b2b2ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 25 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 27 4 13

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 #b2b2ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b2b2ee; }
.text { color: #b2b2ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b2b2ee; }

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 #b2b2ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b2b2ee 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 #b2b2ee 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 #b2b2ee 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 #b2b2ee 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.