Light steel blue

#a0c4e5

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 #a0c4e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a0c4e5

RGB160, 196, 229

HSL209, 57%, 76%

HSV209, 30%, 90%

CMYK30%, 14%, 0%, 10%

Lab77.64, -4.42, -20.31

XYZ48.38, 52.61, 81.73

Decimal10536165

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone283 C

Shades of light steel blue

#84b3dd #68a1d6 #4c90ce #357ec1 #2d6ca5 #255989 #1e476c #163450 #0e2234 #071018

Tints of light steel blue

#a8c9e7 #b0cee9 #b8d3ec #c0d8ee #c8ddf0 #d1e2f2 #d9e7f5 #e1ecf7 #e9f1f9 #f1f6fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e5c1a0 Analogous#a0e5e3 Analogous#a0a2e5 Triadic#e5a0c4 Triadic#c4e5a0 Split complementary#e5a0a2 Split complementary#e5e4a0

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 30, 14, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a0c4e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 14 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 17 4 16

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 #a0c4e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a0c4e5; }
.text { color: #a0c4e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a0c4e5; }

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 #a0c4e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a0c4e5 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 #a0c4e5 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 #a0c4e5 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 #a0c4e5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.