Light steel blue

#bac3da

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 #bac3da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bac3da

RGB186, 195, 218

HSL223, 30%, 79%

HSV223, 15%, 85%

CMYK15%, 11%, 0%, 15%

Lab78.77, 1.54, -12.52

XYZ52.42, 54.53, 74.09

Decimal12239834

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone657 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a2aecd #8999c0 #7184b3 #596fa6 #4c5e8d #3f4e75 #323e5d #252e45 #181d2c #0b0d14

Tints of light steel blue

#c0c8dd #c5cde0 #cbd2e3 #d1d7e6 #d7dce9 #dce1ec #e2e6f0 #e8ebf3 #eef0f6 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

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Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 15, 11, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bac3da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 11 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 14 4 21

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 #bac3da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bac3da; }
.text { color: #bac3da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bac3da; }

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 #bac3da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bac3da 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 #bac3da 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 #bac3da 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bac3da are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.