Light steel blue

#abc2fc

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 vivid blue at 223 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 #abc2fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abc2fc

RGB171, 194, 252

HSL223, 93%, 83%

HSV223, 32%, 99%

CMYK32%, 23%, 0%, 1%

Lab78.62, 5.4, -31.1

XYZ53.66, 54.27, 99.74

Decimal11256572

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#85a6fb #5f8bf9 #396ff8 #1354f7 #0844db #0638b5 #052c8f #042169 #021543 #01091e

Tints of light steel blue

#b2c7fc #bfd1fd #c6d5fd #ccdafd #d3dffd #dae4fe #e0e9fe #e7eefe #eef2fe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fce5ab Analogous#abebfc Analogous#bcabfc Triadic#fcabc2 Triadic#c2fcab Split complementary#fcbcab Split complementary#ebfcab

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 32, 23, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abc2fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 23 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 25 4 7

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

Light steel blue in css

Copy #abc2fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abc2fc; }
.text { color: #abc2fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abc2fc; }

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 #abc2fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abc2fc 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 #abc2fc 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 #abc2fc 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 #abc2fc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.