Light steel blue

#a1c5f3

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #a1c5f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1c5f3

RGB161, 197, 243

HSL214, 77%, 79%

HSV214, 34%, 95%

CMYK34%, 19%, 0%, 5%

Lab78.45, -1.23, -26.6

XYZ50.84, 53.98, 92.53

Decimal10601971

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone278 C

Shades of light steel blue

#80b1ef #5f9ceb #3e88e6 #1d73e2 #1962c1 #1451a0 #10417e #0c305d #081f3c #030e1b

Tints of light steel blue

#a9caf4 #b1cff5 #b8d3f6 #c0d8f7 #c8ddf8 #d0e2f9 #d8e7fa #e0ecfb #e7f0fc #eff5fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f3cfa1 Analogous#a1eef3 Analogous#a6a1f3 Triadic#f3a1c5 Triadic#c5f3a1 Split complementary#f3a6a1 Split complementary#eef3a1

Light steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 34, 19, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1c5f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 19 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 21 4 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #a1c5f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1c5f3; }
.text { color: #a1c5f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1c5f3; }

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 #a1c5f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1c5f3 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 #a1c5f3 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 #a1c5f3 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 #a1c5f3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.