Light steel blue

#b6cbf0

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 #b6cbf0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b6cbf0

RGB182, 203, 240

HSL218, 66%, 83%

HSV218, 24%, 94%

CMYK24%, 15%, 0%, 6%

Lab81.26, 0.86, -20.59

XYZ56.38, 58.95, 90.84

Decimal11979760

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#96b4e9 #759de3 #5586dc #346ed5 #275dbc #204d9b #193d7b #132d5a #0c1d3a #050d19

Tints of light steel blue

#c2d3f2 #cddcf5 #d9e4f7 #e5ecfa #eaf0fb #f0f4fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f0dbb6 Analogous#b6e8f0 Analogous#beb6f0 Triadic#f0b6cb Triadic#cbf0b6 Split complementary#f0beb6 Split complementary#e8f0b6

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 15, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b6cbf0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 15 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 18 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 #b6cbf0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b6cbf0; }
.text { color: #b6cbf0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b6cbf0; }

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 #b6cbf0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b6cbf0 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 #b6cbf0 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 #b6cbf0 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 #b6cbf0 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.