Light steel blue

#abc8da

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 203 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 #abc8da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abc8da

RGB171, 200, 218

HSL203, 39%, 76%

HSV203, 22%, 85%

CMYK22%, 8%, 0%, 15%

Lab79.06, -5.82, -12.19

XYZ50.1, 55.03, 74.31

Decimal11258074

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone291 C

Shades of light steel blue

#92b8cf #79a7c4 #6097b9 #4b86ab #407292 #355f79 #2a4b60 #1f3847 #14242e #091115

Tints of light steel blue

#b2cddd #c0d6e3 #c8dbe7 #d6e4ed #dde9f0 #e4eef3 #ebf2f6 #f3f7fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#dabdab Analogous#abdad5 Analogous#abb0da Triadic#daabc8 Triadic#c8daab Split complementary#daabb0 Split complementary#dad5ab

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 22, 8, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abc8da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 8 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 11 4 21

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 #abc8da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abc8da; }
.text { color: #abc8da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abc8da; }

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 #abc8da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abc8da 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 #abc8da 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 #abc8da 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 #abc8da 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.