Light steel blue

#9bbfee

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 strong blue at 214 degrees. 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 #9bbfee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9bbfee

RGB155, 191, 238

HSL214, 71%, 77%

HSV214, 35%, 93%

CMYK35%, 20%, 0%, 7%

Lab76.32, -0.9, -27.21

XYZ47.58, 50.4, 88.11

Decimal10207214

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone278 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7cabe9 #5d97e3 #3e84de #2470d4 #1f60b5 #1a5096 #143f77 #0f2f58 #0a1e39 #040e1a

Tints of light steel blue

#a3c4ef #accaf1 #b4cff2 #bdd5f4 #c5daf5 #cee0f7 #d6e5f8 #dfeafa #e7f0fb #f0f5fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#eeca9b Analogous#9be9ee Analogous#a09bee Triadic#ee9bbf Triadic#bfee9b Split complementary#eea09b Split complementary#e9ee9b

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 35, 20, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9bbfee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 20 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 22 4 13

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 #9bbfee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9bbfee; }
.text { color: #9bbfee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9bbfee; }

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 #9bbfee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9bbfee 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 #9bbfee 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 #9bbfee 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

The figures for #9bbfee 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.