Light steel blue

#93a2c8

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

This is Light steel blue, a soft blue at 223 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #93a2c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#93a2c8

RGB147, 162, 200

HSL223, 33%, 68%

HSV223, 27%, 78%

CMYK27%, 19%, 0%, 22%

Lab66.68, 3.28, -21.2

XYZ35.38, 36.21, 59.77

Decimal9675464

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7e90bd #697eb3 #556ca7 #4a5f92 #40517d #354368 #2a3653 #20283e #151b29 #0a0d14

Tints of light steel blue

#9daacd #a6b3d2 #b0bbd7 #b9c3dc #c3cbe0 #cdd4e5 #d6dcea #e0e4ef #eaedf4 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#c8b993 Analogous#93bcc8 Analogous#9f93c8 Triadic#c893a2 Triadic#a2c893 Split complementary#c89f93 Split complementary#bcc893

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 27, 19, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #93a2c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 19 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 21 4 28

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 #93a2c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #93a2c8; }
.text { color: #93a2c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #93a2c8; }

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 #93a2c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #93a2c8 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 #93a2c8 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 #93a2c8 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #93a2c8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.