Light steel blue

#b1b8df

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

This is Light steel blue, a soft blue at 231 degrees. 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 #b1b8df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b1b8df

RGB177, 184, 223

HSL231, 42%, 78%

HSV231, 21%, 87%

CMYK21%, 17%, 0%, 13%

Lab75.42, 5.73, -20.33

XYZ48.59, 48.96, 76.7

Decimal11647199

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#97a0d4 #7d88ca #6270bf #4959b3 #3f4c99 #343f7e #293264 #1e254a #141830 #090b16

Tints of light steel blue

#b8bee2 #bec4e4 #c5cae7 #cbd0ea #d2d6ec #d8dcef #dfe2f2 #e5e8f4 #eceef7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#dfd8b1 Analogous#b1cfdf Analogous#c1b1df Triadic#dfb1b8 Triadic#b8dfb1 Split complementary#dfc1b1 Split complementary#cfdfb1

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 21, 17, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b1b8df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 17 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 20 4 19

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 #b1b8df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b1b8df; }
.text { color: #b1b8df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b1b8df; }

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 #b1b8df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b1b8df 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 #b1b8df 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 #b1b8df 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 #b1b8df 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.