Light steel blue

#c3c5fc

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, pale and vivid. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #c3c5fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c3c5fc

RGB195, 197, 252

HSL238, 90%, 88%

HSV238, 23%, 99%

CMYK23%, 22%, 0%, 1%

Lab81.05, 10.7, -27.23

XYZ60.04, 58.56, 100.23

Decimal12830204

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9b9ffa #7478f8 #4c52f6 #242cf4 #0b13e3 #0910bc #070c94 #05096c #030645 #01021d

Tints of light steel blue

#c7c9fc #cccdfc #d0d1fd #d4d6fd #d8dafd #dddefd #e1e2fe #e5e6fe #eaeafe #eeeffe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fcfac3 Analogous#c3e2fc Analogous#ddc3fc Triadic#fcc3c5 Triadic#c5fcc3 Split complementary#fcddc3 Split complementary#e2fcc3

Light steel blue in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 23, 22, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c3c5fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 22 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 24 4 7

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 #c3c5fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c3c5fc; }
.text { color: #c3c5fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c3c5fc; }

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 #c3c5fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c3c5fc 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 #c3c5fc 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 #c3c5fc 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

Every value on this page for #c3c5fc is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.