Light steel blue

#c6c4ff

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 pale blue that reads quiet. 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 #c6c4ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c6c4ff

RGB198, 196, 255

HSL242, 100%, 88%

HSV242, 23%, 100%

CMYK22%, 23%, 0%, 0%

Lab81.13, 12.81, -28.69

XYZ61.08, 58.71, 102.72

Decimal13026559

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9d9aff #7570ff #4c46ff #241cff #0800f1 #0700c7 #05009d #040073 #020049 #01001f

Tints of light steel blue

#cac8ff #ceccff #d2d0ff #d6d4ff #dad9ff #deddff #e2e1ff #e6e5ff #eae9ff #eeedff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fdffc4 Analogous#c4dfff Analogous#e4c4ff Triadic#ffc6c4 Triadic#c4ffc6 Split complementary#ffe4c4 Split complementary#dfffc4

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 22, 23, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c6c4ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 23 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 25 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 #c6c4ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c6c4ff; }
.text { color: #c6c4ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c6c4ff; }

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 #c6c4ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c6c4ff 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 #c6c4ff 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 #c6c4ff 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 #c6c4ff is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.