Light steel blue

#acbbf1

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 strong blue at 227 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 #acbbf1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#acbbf1

RGB172, 187, 241

HSL227, 71%, 81%

HSV227, 29%, 95%

CMYK29%, 22%, 0%, 5%

Lab76.47, 6.8, -28.49

XYZ50.66, 50.66, 90.33

Decimal11320305

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8ba0eb #6b85e6 #4a6be0 #2950db #2042be #1a379d #152b7c #0f205c #0a153b #04091a

Tints of light steel blue

#b3c1f2 #bac6f3 #c0ccf4 #c7d1f6 #ced7f7 #d5dcf8 #dbe2f9 #e2e7fa #e9edfb #f0f2fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

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Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 29, 22, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #acbbf1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 22 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 24 4 11

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 #acbbf1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #acbbf1; }
.text { color: #acbbf1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #acbbf1; }

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 #acbbf1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #acbbf1 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 #acbbf1 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 #acbbf1 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

The figures for #acbbf1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.