Light steel blue

#acc2e5

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light steel blue is a light blue that reads relaxed. 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 #acc2e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#acc2e5

RGB172, 194, 229

HSL217, 52%, 79%

HSV217, 25%, 90%

CMYK25%, 15%, 0%, 10%

Lab77.88, 0.17, -19.88

XYZ50.45, 53.01, 81.7

Decimal11322085

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#90addc #7499d3 #5784ca #3c6fc1 #335fa4 #2b4f88 #223e6c #192e50 #101e34 #070d17

Tints of light steel blue

#b3c7e7 #bacce9 #c8d6ee #cfdcf0 #d6e1f2 #dde6f4 #e4ebf6 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e5cfac Analogous#acdfe5 Analogous#b3ace5 Triadic#e5acc2 Triadic#c2e5ac Split complementary#e5b3ac Split complementary#dfe5ac

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 25, 15, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #acc2e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 15 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 18 4 16

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 #acc2e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #acc2e5; }
.text { color: #acc2e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #acc2e5; }

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 #acc2e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #acc2e5 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 #acc2e5 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 #acc2e5 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 #acc2e5 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.