Light steel blue

#b2bde3

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 relaxed. 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 #b2bde3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b2bde3

RGB178, 189, 227

HSL227, 47%, 79%

HSV227, 22%, 89%

CMYK22%, 17%, 0%, 11%

Lab76.92, 4.23, -20.21

XYZ50.42, 51.41, 79.94

Decimal11714019

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#97a5d9 #7b8ecf #6076c5 #445fbb #3a51a0 #304384 #263569 #1c274d #121932 #080b16

Tints of light steel blue

#b8c2e5 #bfc8e8 #c5cdea #ccd3ec #d8def1 #dfe3f3 #e5e9f6 #eceef8 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e3d8b2 Analogous#b2d5e3 Analogous#c0b2e3 Triadic#e3b2bd Triadic#bde3b2 Split complementary#e3bfb2 Split complementary#d5e3b2

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 22, 17, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b2bde3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 17 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 20 4 17

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 #b2bde3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b2bde3; }
.text { color: #b2bde3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b2bde3; }

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 #b2bde3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b2bde3 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 #b2bde3 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 #b2bde3 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 #b2bde3 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.