Light steel blue

#c2c7ed

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

Light steel blue is a light blue that reads 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 #c2c7ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2c7ed

RGB194, 199, 237

HSL233, 54%, 85%

HSV233, 18%, 93%

CMYK18%, 16%, 0%, 7%

Lab80.98, 5.99, -19.34

XYZ57.96, 58.43, 88.34

Decimal12765165

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a3abe4 #848edb #6572d2 #4655c9 #3543b2 #2b3893 #222c74 #192055 #101537 #070918

Tints of light steel blue

#c7cbee #cbd0f0 #d0d4f1 #d5d8f3 #daddf4 #dee1f5 #e3e5f7 #e8eaf8 #eceefa #f1f2fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ede8c2 Analogous#c2dded Analogous#d2c2ed Triadic#edc2c7 Triadic#c7edc2 Split complementary#edd3c2 Split complementary#ddedc2

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 16, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2c7ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 16 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 19 4 13

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 #c2c7ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2c7ed; }
.text { color: #c2c7ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2c7ed; }

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 #c2c7ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2c7ed 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 #c2c7ed 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 #c2c7ed 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 #c2c7ed are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.