Light steel blue

#aed0f9

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 soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #aed0f9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aed0f9

RGB174, 208, 249

HSL213, 86%, 83%

HSV213, 30%, 98%

CMYK30%, 16%, 0%, 2%

Lab82.35, -2.01, -23.78

XYZ57.11, 60.95, 98.38

Decimal11456761

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone277 C

Shades of light steel blue

#89bbf6 #65a6f4 #4090f1 #1c7bee #1068d3 #0d56af #0a448a #083266 #052041 #020e1c

Tints of light steel blue

#bbd7fa #c8dffb #cee3fb #d5e6fc #dbeafc #e2eefd #e8f2fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f9d7ae Analogous#aef6f9 Analogous#b1aef9 Triadic#f9aed0 Triadic#d0f9ae Split complementary#f9b2ae Split complementary#f5f9ae

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 30, 16, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aed0f9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 16 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 19 4 8

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 #aed0f9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aed0f9; }
.text { color: #aed0f9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aed0f9; }

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 #aed0f9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aed0f9 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 #aed0f9 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 #aed0f9 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

Every value on this page for #aed0f9 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.