Light steel blue

#99aed1

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 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 #99aed1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#99aed1

RGB153, 174, 209

HSL218, 38%, 71%

HSV218, 27%, 82%

CMYK27%, 17%, 0%, 18%

Lab70.63, 0.62, -20.13

XYZ39.78, 41.65, 66.26

Decimal10071761

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#829cc7 #6b8abc #5478b2 #47689e #3d5987 #334a70 #283b5a #1e2c43 #141d2c #0a0e15

Tints of light steel blue

#a2b5d5 #abbcd9 #b4c3dd #bdcae1 #c6d2e5 #cfd9e9 #d8e0ed #e1e7f1 #eaeef5 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#d1bc99 Analogous#99cad1 Analogous#a099d1 Triadic#d199ae Triadic#aed199 Split complementary#d1a099 Split complementary#cad199

Light steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 27, 17, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #99aed1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 17 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 20 4 24

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 #99aed1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #99aed1; }
.text { color: #99aed1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #99aed1; }

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 #99aed1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #99aed1 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 #99aed1 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 #99aed1 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 #99aed1 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.