Light steel blue

#94b8f6

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 vivid blue at 218 degrees. 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 #94b8f6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#94b8f6

RGB148, 184, 246

HSL218, 84%, 77%

HSV218, 40%, 96%

CMYK40%, 25%, 0%, 4%

Lab74.34, 3.14, -34.6

XYZ45.99, 47.23, 93.88

Decimal9746678

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone278 C

Shades of light steel blue

#72a2f3 #518cf0 #2f75ee #1360e5 #1052c4 #0e44a2 #0b3681 #08285f #051a3e #020c1c

Tints of light steel blue

#9dbef7 #a6c4f8 #afcaf8 #b8d0f9 #c1d6fa #cadcfb #d3e2fb #dce8fc #e5eefd #eff4fe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f6d294 Analogous#94e9f6 Analogous#a194f6 Triadic#f694b8 Triadic#b8f694 Split complementary#f6a194 Split complementary#e9f694

Light steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 40, 25, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #94b8f6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 25 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 27 4 10

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 #94b8f6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #94b8f6; }
.text { color: #94b8f6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94b8f6; }

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 #94b8f6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #94b8f6 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 #94b8f6 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 #94b8f6 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 #94b8f6 are worked out. 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.