Light steel blue

#b4beef

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 strong blue at 230 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 #b4beef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4beef

RGB180, 190, 239

HSL230, 65%, 82%

HSV230, 25%, 94%

CMYK25%, 21%, 0%, 6%

Lab77.73, 7.04, -25.43

XYZ52.82, 52.76, 89.06

Decimal11845359

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#94a2e8 #7487e1 #546bdb #344fd4 #2840b9 #213599 #1a2a79 #131f59 #0c1439 #050919

Tints of light steel blue

#bac3f0 #c6cef3 #ccd3f4 #d2d8f5 #d8ddf7 #dee3f8 #e4e8f9 #eaedfb #f0f2fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#efe5b4 Analogous#b4dbef Analogous#c8b4ef Triadic#efb4be Triadic#beefb4 Split complementary#efc8b4 Split complementary#dbefb4

Light steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 25, 21, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4beef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 21 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 23 4 12

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 #b4beef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4beef; }
.text { color: #b4beef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4beef; }

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 #b4beef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4beef 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 #b4beef 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 #b4beef 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 #b4beef is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.