Light steel blue

#abb6df

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 soft blue at 227 degrees. 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 #abb6df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abb6df

RGB171, 182, 223

HSL227, 45%, 77%

HSV227, 23%, 87%

CMYK23%, 18%, 0%, 13%

Lab74.47, 4.98, -21.81

XYZ46.84, 47.44, 76.5

Decimal11253471

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#919fd5 #7688cb #5c71c1 #455cb4 #3b4f9a #31417f #273465 #1c264b #121930 #080b16

Tints of light steel blue

#b2bce2 #b9c2e4 #c0c9e7 #c7cfea #cfd5ed #d6dbef #dde1f2 #e4e7f5 #ebeef7 #f2f4fa

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 23, 18, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abb6df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 18 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 21 4 19

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 #abb6df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abb6df; }
.text { color: #abb6df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abb6df; }

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 #abb6df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abb6df 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 #abb6df 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 #abb6df 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #abb6df come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.