Light steel blue

#bbc3cd

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 muted blue at 213 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 #bbc3cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbc3cd

RGB187, 195, 205

HSL213, 15%, 77%

HSV213, 9%, 80%

CMYK9%, 5%, 0%, 20%

Lab78.46, -0.79, -5.96

XYZ51.03, 54.0, 65.49

Decimal12305357

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone650 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a6b1be #919eae #7d8c9f #697a8f #5a687a #4a5665 #3b4450 #2c333b #1c2126 #0d0f12

Tints of light steel blue

#c1c8d1 #c7cdd5 #ccd2da #d2d7de #d8dce2 #dee2e6 #e3e7eb #e9ecef #eff1f3 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

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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 9, 5, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbc3cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 5 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 9 4 26

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 #bbc3cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbc3cd; }
.text { color: #bbc3cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbc3cd; }

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 #bbc3cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbc3cd 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 #bbc3cd 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 #bbc3cd 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 #bbc3cd 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.