Light steel blue

#aec8ff

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

Light steel blue sits in the blue band, light and vivid. 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 #aec8ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aec8ff

RGB174, 200, 255

HSL221, 100%, 84%

HSV221, 32%, 100%

CMYK32%, 22%, 0%, 0%

Lab80.48, 3.72, -29.84

XYZ56.16, 57.53, 102.75

Decimal11454719

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#86adff #5e92ff #3677ff #0f5cff #004ae6 #003dbe #003096 #00236e #001746 #000a1f

Tints of light steel blue

#bbd1ff #c7d9ff #ceddff #d4e2ff #dae6ff #e1eaff #e7efff #edf3ff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ffe5ae Analogous#aef0ff Analogous#bdaeff Triadic#ffaec8 Triadic#c8ffae Split complementary#ffbdae Split complementary#f0ffae

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 32, 22, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aec8ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 22 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 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 #aec8ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aec8ff; }
.text { color: #aec8ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aec8ff; }

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 #aec8ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aec8ff 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 #aec8ff 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 #aec8ff 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 #aec8ff 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.