Light steel blue

#a4bbda

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 soft. 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 #a4bbda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a4bbda

RGB164, 187, 218

HSL214, 42%, 75%

HSV214, 25%, 85%

CMYK25%, 14%, 0%, 15%

Lab75.14, -1.02, -18.14

XYZ45.74, 48.5, 73.28

Decimal10795994

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8ba8d0 #7296c6 #5983bc #4671ac #3c6193 #31507a #274061 #1d2f48 #131f2f #090e16

Tints of light steel blue

#acc1dd #b4c7e0 #bbcde4 #c3d2e7 #cbd8ea #d3deed #dbe4f0 #e3eaf3 #eaf0f7 #f2f6fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#dac3a4 Analogous#a4d6da Analogous#a8a4da Triadic#daa4bb Triadic#bbdaa4 Split complementary#daa8a4 Split complementary#d6daa4

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 14, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a4bbda on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 14 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 17 4 21

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 #a4bbda straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a4bbda; }
.text { color: #a4bbda; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a4bbda; }

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 #a4bbda against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a4bbda 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 #a4bbda 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 #a4bbda 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 #a4bbda 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.