Light steel blue

#b5ccdd

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

Light steel blue sits in the blue band, light and soft. 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 #b5ccdd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5ccdd

RGB181, 204, 221

HSL206, 37%, 79%

HSV206, 18%, 87%

CMYK18%, 8%, 0%, 13%

Lab80.87, -4.18, -11.03

XYZ53.7, 58.23, 76.82

Decimal11914461

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone544 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9cbad1 #82a9c6 #6997ba #5086ae #447294 #385f7b #2d4b61 #213748 #15242e #0a1015

Tints of light steel blue

#c1d5e3 #cedde8 #dae6ee #e6eef4 #edf2f7 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ddc6b5 Analogous#b5ddda Analogous#b5b8dd Triadic#ddb5cc Triadic#ccddb5 Split complementary#ddb5b8 Split complementary#dddab5

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 8, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5ccdd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 8 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 11 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 #b5ccdd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5ccdd; }
.text { color: #b5ccdd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5ccdd; }

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 #b5ccdd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5ccdd 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 #b5ccdd 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 #b5ccdd 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

The figures for #b5ccdd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.