Light steel blue

#acc7ff

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 220 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 #acc7ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#acc7ff

RGB172, 199, 255

HSL220, 100%, 84%

HSV220, 33%, 100%

CMYK33%, 22%, 0%, 0%

Lab80.09, 3.71, -30.44

XYZ55.49, 56.84, 102.65

Decimal11323391

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#84acff #5d92ff #3577ff #0d5cff #004ae5 #003ebd #003196 #00246e #001746 #000a1f

Tints of light steel blue

#b9d0ff #c0d4ff #c6d9ff #cdddff #d3e1ff #dae6ff #e0eaff #e7efff #edf3ff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ffe4ac Analogous#acf0ff Analogous#baacff Triadic#ffacc7 Triadic#c7ffac Split complementary#ffbbac Split complementary#f1ffac

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 33, 22, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #acc7ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 22 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 24 4 6

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 #acc7ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #acc7ff; }
.text { color: #acc7ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #acc7ff; }

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 #acc7ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #acc7ff 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 #acc7ff 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 #acc7ff 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 #acc7ff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.