Light steel blue

#abc4fc

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 221 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 #abc4fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abc4fc

RGB171, 196, 252

HSL221, 93%, 83%

HSV221, 32%, 99%

CMYK32%, 22%, 0%, 1%

Lab79.14, 4.31, -30.31

XYZ54.11, 55.17, 99.89

Decimal11257084

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#85a9fb #5f8ff9 #3974f8 #135af7 #0849db #063cb5 #05308f #042369 #021643 #010a1e

Tints of light steel blue

#b2c9fc #bfd2fd #c6d7fd #d3e0fd #dae5fe #e0eafe #e7eefe #eef3fe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fce3ab Analogous#abecfc Analogous#bbabfc Triadic#fcabc4 Triadic#c4fcab Split complementary#fcbbab Split complementary#ecfcab

Light steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 32, 22, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abc4fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 22 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 24 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 #abc4fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abc4fc; }
.text { color: #abc4fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abc4fc; }

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 #abc4fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abc4fc 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 #abc4fc 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 #abc4fc 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

Here is how the numbers for #abc4fc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.