Light steel blue

#90bbff

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #90bbff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#90bbff

RGB144, 187, 255

HSL217, 100%, 78%

HSV217, 44%, 100%

CMYK44%, 27%, 0%, 0%

Lab75.26, 2.93, -38.04

XYZ47.32, 48.69, 101.51

Decimal9485311

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone278 C

Shades of light steel blue

#6ba4ff #468eff #2177ff #0061fc #0053d7 #0045b2 #00378d #002868 #001a43 #000c1f

Tints of light steel blue

#99c1ff #a3c6ff #acccff #b5d2ff #bfd8ff #c8ddff #d1e3ff #dbe9ff #e4eeff #edf4ff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ffd490 Analogous#90f2ff Analogous#9d90ff Triadic#ff90bb Triadic#bbff90 Split complementary#ff9d90 Split complementary#f2ff90

Light steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 44, 27, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #90bbff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 27 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 29 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #90bbff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #90bbff; }
.text { color: #90bbff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90bbff; }

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 #90bbff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #90bbff against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #90bbff 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #90bbff 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 #90bbff are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.