Light steel blue

#a7b2b8

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, mid and grey. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #a7b2b8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a7b2b8

RGB167, 178, 184

HSL201, 11%, 69%

HSV201, 9%, 72%

CMYK9%, 3%, 0%, 28%

Lab71.9, -2.62, -4.38

XYZ40.51, 43.52, 51.61

Decimal10990264

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone5435 C

Shades of light steel blue

#95a2aa #84939b #72838d #64737b #55626a #475258 #394146 #2a3134 #1c2023 #0e1011

Tints of light steel blue

#afb9be #b7c0c5 #bec7cb #c6cdd1 #ced4d8 #d6dbde #dee2e4 #e5e9ea #edf0f1 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#b8ada7 Analogous#a7b8b6 Analogous#a7aab8 Triadic#b8a7b2 Triadic#b2b8a7 Split complementary#b8a7aa Split complementary#b8b6a7

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 3, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a7b2b8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 3 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 7 4 34

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

Light steel blue in css

Copy #a7b2b8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a7b2b8; }
.text { color: #a7b2b8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a7b2b8; }

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 #a7b2b8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a7b2b8 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 #a7b2b8 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 #a7b2b8 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

Here is how the numbers for #a7b2b8 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.