Light steel blue

#9fb8ee

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

Light steel blue sits in the blue band, light and strong. 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 #9fb8ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9fb8ee

RGB159, 184, 238

HSL221, 70%, 78%

HSV221, 33%, 93%

CMYK33%, 23%, 0%, 7%

Lab74.71, 4.02, -29.64

XYZ46.87, 47.82, 87.65

Decimal10467566

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#80a1e8 #618ae3 #4273dd #265dd5 #204fb6 #1b4297 #153477 #102758 #0a1939 #050b1a

Tints of light steel blue

#a7beef #afc4f1 #b7caf2 #bfd0f4 #c7d6f5 #d0dcf7 #d8e2f8 #e0e8f9 #e8eefb #f0f4fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#eed59f Analogous#9fe0ee Analogous#ae9fee Triadic#ee9fb8 Triadic#b8ee9f Split complementary#eead9f Split complementary#e0ee9f

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 33, 23, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9fb8ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 23 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 25 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 #9fb8ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9fb8ee; }
.text { color: #9fb8ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9fb8ee; }

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 #9fb8ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9fb8ee 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 #9fb8ee 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 #9fb8ee 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 #9fb8ee is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.