Light steel blue

#a49ff4

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 light blue that reads open. 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 #a49ff4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a49ff4

RGB164, 159, 244

HSL244, 79%, 79%

HSV244, 35%, 96%

CMYK33%, 35%, 0%, 4%

Lab68.91, 20.9, -41.88

XYZ44.04, 39.22, 90.84

Decimal10788852

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light steel blue

#847ef0 #655cec #453be9 #261ae4 #2016c3 #1b12a1 #150f80 #100b5e #0a073d #05031b

Tints of light steel blue

#aca7f5 #b3aff6 #bbb7f7 #c2bff8 #cac7f9 #d1cff9 #d9d7fa #e1dffb #e8e7fc #f0effd

Colors that go with light steel blue

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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 33, 35, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a49ff4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 35 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 36 4 10

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 #a49ff4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a49ff4; }
.text { color: #a49ff4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a49ff4; }

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 #a49ff4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a49ff4 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 #a49ff4 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 #a49ff4 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 #a49ff4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.