Light steel blue

#bbbcef

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

Hex#bbbcef

RGB187, 188, 239

HSL239, 62%, 84%

HSV239, 22%, 94%

CMYK22%, 21%, 0%, 6%

Lab77.73, 10.23, -25.38

XYZ54.06, 52.76, 89.0

Decimal12303599

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9b9ce7 #7b7de0 #5b5dd8 #3b3ed1 #2b2eb9 #242699 #1c1e79 #151659 #0d0e39 #060619

Tints of light steel blue

#c0c1f0 #c6c7f2 #cbccf3 #d0d1f4 #d6d6f5 #dbdcf7 #e0e1f8 #e6e6f9 #ebebfa #f1f1fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#efeebb Analogous#bbd6ef Analogous#d4bbef Triadic#efbbbc Triadic#bcefbb Split complementary#efd4bb Split complementary#d6efbb

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 22, 21, 0, 6.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 21 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 23 4 12

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 #bbbcef straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbbcef 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 #bbbcef 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 #bbbcef 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 #bbbcef 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.