Light steel blue

#aca7fa

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 244 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 #aca7fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aca7fa

RGB172, 167, 250

HSL244, 89%, 82%

HSV244, 33%, 98%

CMYK31%, 33%, 0%, 2%

Lab71.77, 20.12, -40.64

XYZ48.09, 43.31, 96.27

Decimal11315194

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8a82f8 #675ef6 #4539f4 #2215f2 #180cd4 #140aaf #10088b #0c0666 #070442 #03021d

Tints of light steel blue

#b3aefa #b9b5fb #c0bcfb #c7c3fc #cecbfc #d4d2fc #dbd9fd #e2e0fd #e8e7fe #efeefe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f5faa7 Analogous#a7cbfa Analogous#d6a7fa Triadic#faaca7 Triadic#a7faac Split complementary#fad5a7 Split complementary#cbfaa7

Light steel blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 31, 33, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aca7fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 33 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 34 4 8

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #aca7fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aca7fa; }
.text { color: #aca7fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aca7fa; }

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 #aca7fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aca7fa 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 #aca7fa 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 #aca7fa 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

Every value on this page for #aca7fa is computed, not guessed. 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.