Light steel blue

#c8d0db

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 muted. 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 #c8d0db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8d0db

RGB200, 208, 219

HSL215, 21%, 82%

HSV215, 9%, 86%

CMYK9%, 5%, 0%, 14%

Lab83.18, -0.6, -6.38

XYZ59.16, 62.51, 75.96

Decimal13160667

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone650 C

Shades of light steel blue

#b1bccc #99a8bc #8294ad #6a809e #596d88 #4a5a70 #3a4759 #2b3441 #1b222a #0c0f12

Tints of light steel blue

#ccd4de #d1d8e1 #d5dbe4 #dadfe7 #dee3e9 #e3e7ec #e7eaef #ebeef2 #f0f2f5 #f4f6f8

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#dbd3c8 Analogous#c8dadb Analogous#cac8db Triadic#dbc8d0 Triadic#d0dbc8 Split complementary#dbcac8 Split complementary#dadbc8

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 5, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8d0db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 5 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 9 4 20

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 #c8d0db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8d0db; }
.text { color: #c8d0db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8d0db; }

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 #c8d0db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8d0db 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 #c8d0db 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 #c8d0db 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 #c8d0db come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.