Light steel blue

#b7c4e4

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 soft blue at 223 degrees. 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 #b7c4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b7c4e4

RGB183, 196, 228

HSL223, 45%, 81%

HSV223, 20%, 89%

CMYK20%, 14%, 0%, 11%

Lab79.13, 2.22, -17.38

XYZ53.27, 55.15, 81.24

Decimal12043492

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9badda #8097cf #6480c5 #4869bb #3c59a1 #324a85 #273a69 #1d2b4e #131c32 #080c16

Tints of light steel blue

#bdc9e6 #c3cee8 #c9d3eb #cfd7ed #d5dcef #dae1f1 #e0e6f3 #e6ebf6 #ecf0f8 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e4d7b7 Analogous#b7dbe4 Analogous#c0b7e4 Triadic#e4b7c4 Triadic#c4e4b7 Split complementary#e4c0b7 Split complementary#dbe4b7

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 20, 14, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b7c4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 14 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 17 4 17

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 #b7c4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b7c4e4; }
.text { color: #b7c4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b7c4e4; }

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 #b7c4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b7c4e4 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 #b7c4e4 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 #b7c4e4 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 #b7c4e4 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.