Light steel blue

#9eb3fb

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 open. 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 #9eb3fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9eb3fb

RGB158, 179, 251

HSL226, 92%, 80%

HSV226, 37%, 98%

CMYK37%, 29%, 0%, 2%

Lab73.85, 9.86, -38.0

XYZ47.63, 46.47, 97.73

Decimal10400763

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7a97fa #557af8 #315ef7 #0d41f5 #0936d3 #072daf #06248a #041a66 #031142 #01081d

Tints of light steel blue

#a6b9fb #aec0fc #b6c6fc #beccfc #c6d2fd #ced9fd #d6dffd #dee5fe #e6ebfe #eef2fe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fbe69e Analogous#9ee1fb Analogous#b89efb Triadic#fb9eb3 Triadic#b3fb9e Split complementary#fbb79e Split complementary#e2fb9e

Light steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 37, 29, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9eb3fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 29 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 31 4 8

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

Light steel blue in css

Copy #9eb3fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9eb3fb; }
.text { color: #9eb3fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9eb3fb; }

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 #9eb3fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9eb3fb 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 #9eb3fb 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 #9eb3fb 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 #9eb3fb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.