Light steel blue

#afaefe

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

Hex#afaefe

RGB175, 174, 254

HSL241, 98%, 84%

HSV241, 31%, 100%

CMYK31%, 31%, 0%, 0%

Lab73.9, 18.03, -39.46

XYZ50.7, 46.54, 100.08

Decimal11513598

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8887fe #615ffd #3b38fd #1411fc #0603e3 #0502bb #040294 #03016d #020145 #01001e

Tints of light steel blue

#b5b4fe #bcbbfe #c2c1fe #c8c7fe #cecefe #d5d4fe #dbdaff #e1e1ff #e7e7ff #eeedff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fdfeae Analogous#aed5fe Analogous#d7aefe Triadic#feafae Triadic#aefeaf Split complementary#fed7ae Split complementary#d5feae

Light steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 31, 31, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 31 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 33 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 #afaefe straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Here is how the numbers for #afaefe are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.