Light steel blue

#aaabef

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light steel blue, a strong blue at 239 degrees. 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 #aaabef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaabef

RGB170, 171, 239

HSL239, 68%, 80%

HSV239, 29%, 94%

CMYK29%, 28%, 0%, 6%

Lab72.16, 14.58, -34.06

XYZ46.72, 43.9, 87.67

Decimal11185135

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8a8ce9 #6a6ce3 #4a4ddd #2b2dd7 #2325b9 #1d1f99 #171879 #111259 #0b0c3a #05051a

Tints of light steel blue

#b1b2f0 #b8b9f2 #bfc0f3 #c6c7f4 #cdcef6 #d4d4f7 #dbdbf8 #e2e2fa #e9e9fb #f0f0fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

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Light steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 29, 28, 0, 6.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 28 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 30 4 12

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 #aaabef straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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