Light steel blue

#a0adb9

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 mid blue that reads confident. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #a0adb9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a0adb9

RGB160, 173, 185

HSL209, 15%, 68%

HSV209, 14%, 73%

CMYK14%, 6%, 0%, 27%

Lab70.08, -2.06, -7.69

XYZ38.2, 40.86, 51.77

Decimal10530233

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone644 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8e9dac #7c8e9e #6a7e90 #5d6e7e #505e6c #424f5a #353f48 #282f36 #1a1f24 #0d0f12

Tints of light steel blue

#a8b4bf #b1bcc5 #b9c3cc #c2cad2 #cad2d8 #d3d9de #dbe0e5 #e4e8eb #eceff1 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#b9aca0 Analogous#a0b9b8 Analogous#a0a1b9 Triadic#b9a0ad Triadic#adb9a0 Split complementary#b9a0a1 Split complementary#b9b8a0

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 14, 6, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a0adb9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 6 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 10 4 33

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 #a0adb9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a0adb9; }
.text { color: #a0adb9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a0adb9; }

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 #a0adb9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a0adb9 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 #a0adb9 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 #a0adb9 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 #a0adb9 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.