Light steel blue

#a2bdff

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 vivid. 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 #a2bdff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2bdff

RGB162, 189, 255

HSL223, 100%, 82%

HSV223, 36%, 100%

CMYK36%, 26%, 0%, 0%

Lab76.86, 6.44, -35.47

XYZ51.15, 51.3, 101.81

Decimal10665471

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#7ba2ff #5586ff #2e6bff #074fff #0041e0 #0036b9 #002b93 #001f6c #001445 #00091f

Tints of light steel blue

#aac2ff #b1c8ff #b9cdff #c0d2ff #c8d8ff #cfddff #d7e2ff #dee8ff #e6edff #edf2ff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ffe4a2 Analogous#a2ebff Analogous#b6a2ff Triadic#ffa2bd Triadic#bdffa2 Split complementary#ffb6a2 Split complementary#ebffa2

Light steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 36, 26, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2bdff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 26 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 28 4 6

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #a2bdff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2bdff; }
.text { color: #a2bdff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2bdff; }

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 #a2bdff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2bdff 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 #a2bdff 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 #a2bdff 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 #a2bdff 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.