Light steel blue

#bbb7f2

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 244 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 #bbb7f2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb7f2

RGB187, 183, 242

HSL244, 69%, 83%

HSV244, 24%, 95%

CMYK23%, 24%, 0%, 5%

Lab76.58, 13.65, -28.76

XYZ53.45, 50.84, 91.0

Decimal12302322

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9b96ec #7c74e6 #5c53e0 #3d31da #2e23c1 #261da0 #1e177e #16115d #0e0b3b #06051a

Tints of light steel blue

#c0bdf3 #c6c2f4 #cbc8f5 #d0cef6 #d6d3f7 #dbd9f8 #e1dff9 #e6e5fa #ebeafb #f1f0fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#eef2b7 Analogous#b7d1f2 Analogous#d8b7f2 Triadic#f2bbb7 Triadic#b7f2bb Split complementary#f2d8b7 Split complementary#d1f2b7

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 23, 24, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb7f2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 24 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 26 4 11

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 #bbb7f2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb7f2; }
.text { color: #bbb7f2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb7f2; }

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 #bbb7f2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb7f2 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 #bbb7f2 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 #bbb7f2 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 #bbb7f2 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.