Light steel blue

#9fb8e3

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 218 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 #9fb8e3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9fb8e3

RGB159, 184, 227

HSL218, 55%, 76%

HSV218, 30%, 89%

CMYK30%, 19%, 0%, 11%

Lab74.32, 1.28, -24.3

XYZ45.3, 47.2, 79.4

Decimal10467555

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#83a4db #688fd3 #4c7bcb #3768bd #2f59a1 #274a86 #1f3b6a #172b4f #0f1c33 #070d18

Tints of light steel blue

#a7bee5 #afc4e8 #b8caea #c0d0ed #c8d6ef #d0dcf1 #d9e3f4 #e1e9f6 #e9eff9 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e3ca9f Analogous#9fdae3 Analogous#a89fe3 Triadic#e39fb8 Triadic#b8e39f Split complementary#e3a89f Split complementary#dae39f

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 30, 19, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9fb8e3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 19 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 21 4 17

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 #9fb8e3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9fb8e3; }
.text { color: #9fb8e3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9fb8e3; }

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 #9fb8e3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9fb8e3 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 #9fb8e3 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 #9fb8e3 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

Every value on this page for #9fb8e3 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.