Light steel blue

#9fa9de

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 #9fa9de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9fa9de

RGB159, 169, 222

HSL230, 49%, 75%

HSV230, 28%, 87%

CMYK28%, 24%, 0%, 13%

Lab70.19, 8.33, -27.89

XYZ41.67, 41.02, 74.83

Decimal10463710

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8592d5 #6b7acc #5163c3 #3e50b3 #354599 #2c397f #232d65 #1a224b #111631 #080a17

Tints of light steel blue

#a7b0e1 #b0b8e4 #b8bfe7 #c0c7e9 #c8ceec #d1d5ef #d9ddf2 #e1e4f5 #e9ecf8 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ded49f Analogous#9fc9de Analogous#b59fde Triadic#de9fa9 Triadic#a9de9f Split complementary#deb59f Split complementary#c9de9f

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 24, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9fa9de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 24 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 26 4 19

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 #9fa9de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9fa9de; }
.text { color: #9fa9de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9fa9de; }

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 #9fa9de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9fa9de 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 #9fa9de 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 #9fa9de 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

Here is how the numbers for #9fa9de are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.