Light steel blue

#97bbdc

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

Light steel blue color values

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

Hex#97bbdc

RGB151, 187, 220

HSL209, 50%, 73%

HSV209, 31%, 86%

CMYK31%, 15%, 0%, 14%

Lab74.37, -4.36, -20.46

XYZ43.45, 47.29, 74.55

Decimal9944028

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone278 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7eaad3 #649acb #4b89c2 #3b78b0 #336796 #2a557d #214463 #19324a #102130 #081017

Tints of light steel blue

#a0c1df #a9c7e2 #b2cde5 #bbd3e8 #c4d9eb #cddfee #d6e4f1 #e0eaf4 #e9f0f7 #f2f6fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#dcb897 Analogous#97dcda Analogous#9799dc Triadic#dc97bb Triadic#bbdc97 Split complementary#dc9799 Split complementary#dcdb97

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 31, 15, 0, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 15 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 18 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #97bbdc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #97bbdc 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 #97bbdc 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 #97bbdc 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

Every value on this page for #97bbdc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.