Light steel blue

#9dbef4

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light steel blue is a light blue that reads relaxed. 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 #9dbef4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9dbef4

RGB157, 190, 244

HSL217, 80%, 79%

HSV217, 36%, 96%

CMYK36%, 22%, 0%, 4%

Lab76.39, 1.72, -30.31

XYZ48.65, 50.53, 92.78

Decimal10338036

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone278 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7ca8f0 #5a92ed #397ce9 #1a66e3 #1657c2 #1248a1 #0e397f #0b2a5e #071b3d #030c1c

Tints of light steel blue

#a5c3f5 #adc9f6 #b6cef7 #bed4f8 #c6d9f9 #cedffa #d6e4fa #dfe9fb #e7effc #eff4fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f4d39d Analogous#9de9f4 Analogous#a89df4 Triadic#f49dbe Triadic#bef49d Split complementary#f4a89d Split complementary#eaf49d

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 36, 22, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9dbef4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 22 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 24 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #9dbef4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9dbef4; }
.text { color: #9dbef4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9dbef4; }

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 #9dbef4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9dbef4 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 #9dbef4 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 #9dbef4 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 #9dbef4 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.