Light steel blue

#aeb9bc

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

Light steel blue lands where green meets blue, light and grey. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #aeb9bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aeb9bc

RGB174, 185, 188

HSL193, 9%, 71%

HSV193, 7%, 74%

CMYK7%, 2%, 0%, 26%

Lab74.4, -3.21, -2.84

XYZ43.88, 47.33, 54.4

Decimal11450812

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5435 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9ca9ad #8a9a9e #788a8f #68797e #59676b #4a5659 #3b4547 #2c3335 #1d2223 #0e1011

Tints of light steel blue

#b5bfc2 #bcc5c8 #c3cbce #cad2d4 #d2d8d9 #d9dedf #e0e4e5 #e7eaeb #eef0f1 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#bcb1ae Analogous#aebcb8 Analogous#aeb2bc Triadic#bcaeb9 Triadic#b9bcae Split complementary#bcaeb2 Split complementary#bcb8ae

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 7, 2, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aeb9bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 2 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 6 4 32

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

Light steel blue in css

Copy #aeb9bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aeb9bc; }
.text { color: #aeb9bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aeb9bc; }

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 #aeb9bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aeb9bc 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 #aeb9bc 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 #aeb9bc 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

Here is how the numbers for #aeb9bc are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.