Light steel blue

#bbd7ff

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 vivid. 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 #bbd7ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbd7ff

RGB187, 215, 255

HSL215, 100%, 87%

HSV215, 27%, 100%

CMYK27%, 16%, 0%, 0%

Lab85.19, -0.59, -22.56

XYZ62.84, 66.39, 104.11

Decimal12310527

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light steel blue

#92bfff #69a7ff #408eff #1676ff #0061ec #0050c3 #003f9a #002e71 #001e48 #000d1f

Tints of light steel blue

#c0daff #c5ddff #cae0ff #cfe3ff #d4e6ff #d9e9ff #deecff #e3efff #e8f2ff #edf5ff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ffe3bb Analogous#bbf9ff Analogous#c1bbff Triadic#ffbbd7 Triadic#d7ffbb Split complementary#ffc1bb Split complementary#f9ffbb

Light steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 27, 16, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbd7ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 16 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 19 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #bbd7ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbd7ff; }
.text { color: #bbd7ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbd7ff; }

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 #bbd7ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbd7ff 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 #bbd7ff 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 #bbd7ff 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 #bbd7ff are worked out. 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.