Light steel blue

#adb1b9

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 open. 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 #adb1b9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#adb1b9

RGB173, 177, 185

HSL220, 8%, 70%

HSV220, 6%, 73%

CMYK6%, 4%, 0%, 27%

Lab72.12, 0.16, -4.57

XYZ41.71, 43.83, 52.16

Decimal11383225

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone536 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9ba0aa #8a8f9b #787f8c #696f7a #595f69 #4a4f57 #3b3f45 #2c2f34 #1d1f22 #0e0f11

Tints of light steel blue

#b4b8bf #bbbfc5 #c3c6cc #cacdd2 #d1d3d8 #d8dade #e0e1e4 #e7e8ea #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#b9b5ad Analogous#adb7b9 Analogous#afadb9 Triadic#b9adb1 Triadic#b1b9ad Split complementary#b9afad Split complementary#b7b9ad

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 6, 4, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #adb1b9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 4 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 8 4 33

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 #adb1b9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #adb1b9; }
.text { color: #adb1b9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #adb1b9; }

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 #adb1b9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #adb1b9 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 #adb1b9 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 #adb1b9 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 #adb1b9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.