Light steel blue

#b7cae1

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #b7cae1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b7cae1

RGB183, 202, 225

HSL213, 41%, 80%

HSV213, 19%, 88%

CMYK19%, 10%, 0%, 12%

Lab80.6, -1.64, -13.56

XYZ54.24, 57.74, 79.52

Decimal12045025

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9cb6d6 #82a3cb #678fc0 #4c7cb5 #41699b #355780 #2a4566 #1f334b #142130 #090f16

Tints of light steel blue

#bdcee3 #c3d3e6 #c9d7e8 #cfdbeb #d5e0ed #dbe4f0 #e1e9f2 #e7edf5 #ecf1f7 #f2f6fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e1ceb7 Analogous#b7dfe1 Analogous#b9b7e1 Triadic#e1b7ca Triadic#cae1b7 Split complementary#e1b9b7 Split complementary#dfe1b7

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 10, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b7cae1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 10 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 13 4 18

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #b7cae1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b7cae1; }
.text { color: #b7cae1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b7cae1; }

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 #b7cae1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b7cae1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b7cae1 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b7cae1 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

Here is how the numbers for #b7cae1 are worked out. 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.