Light steel blue

#97b5cc

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 soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #97b5cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#97b5cc

RGB151, 181, 204

HSL206, 34%, 70%

HSV206, 26%, 80%

CMYK26%, 11%, 0%, 20%

Lab72.22, -4.98, -14.99

XYZ40.19, 43.99, 63.5

Decimal9942476

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone543 C

Shades of light steel blue

#81a6c1 #6b96b7 #5687ac #4a7697 #3f6581 #35546c #2a4356 #1f3240 #15212a #0a1015

Tints of light steel blue

#a0bcd1 #a9c2d5 #b3c9da #bccfde #c5d6e3 #cedce7 #d7e3ec #e1e9f0 #eaf0f5 #f3f6f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ccae97 Analogous#97ccc9 Analogous#979acc Triadic#cc97b5 Triadic#b5cc97 Split complementary#cc979a Split complementary#ccc997

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 26, 11, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #97b5cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 11 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 14 4 26

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 #97b5cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #97b5cc; }
.text { color: #97b5cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #97b5cc; }

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 #97b5cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #97b5cc 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 #97b5cc 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 #97b5cc 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 #97b5cc 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.