Light steel blue

#b4c4e6

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

Light steel blue sits in the blue band, light and soft. 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 #b4c4e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4c4e6

RGB180, 196, 230

HSL221, 50%, 80%

HSV221, 22%, 90%

CMYK22%, 15%, 0%, 10%

Lab78.98, 1.74, -18.7

XYZ52.85, 54.9, 82.67

Decimal11846886

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#98aedd #7b97d3 #5f81ca #426ac0 #375aa5 #2e4b89 #243b6c #1b2c50 #111c33 #080d17

Tints of light steel blue

#bac9e8 #c0ceea #c6d3ec #cdd7ee #d3dcf0 #d9e1f2 #dfe6f4 #e5ebf6 #ebf0f8 #f2f4fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e6d6b4 Analogous#b4dde6 Analogous#bdb4e6 Triadic#e6b4c4 Triadic#c4e6b4 Split complementary#e6bdb4 Split complementary#dde6b4

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 22, 15, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4c4e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 15 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 18 4 16

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 #b4c4e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4c4e6; }
.text { color: #b4c4e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4c4e6; }

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 #b4c4e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4c4e6 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 #b4c4e6 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 #b4c4e6 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 #b4c4e6 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.