Light steel blue

#bbbdf3

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 238 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 #bbbdf3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbbdf3

RGB187, 189, 243

HSL238, 70%, 84%

HSV238, 23%, 95%

CMYK23%, 22%, 0%, 5%

Lab78.13, 10.6, -26.93

XYZ54.87, 53.43, 92.22

Decimal12303859

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#999ced #777be7 #555ae1 #3339db #2328c4 #1d21a2 #171a80 #11135e #0b0c3c #05051a

Tints of light steel blue

#c0c2f4 #c6c7f5 #cbccf6 #d0d2f7 #d5d7f8 #dbdcf9 #e0e1fa #e5e6fa #ebebfb #f0f0fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f3f1bb Analogous#bbd9f3 Analogous#d5bbf3 Triadic#f3bbbd Triadic#bdf3bb Split complementary#f3d5bb Split complementary#d9f3bb

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 22, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbbdf3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 22 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 24 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #bbbdf3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbbdf3; }
.text { color: #bbbdf3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbbdf3; }

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 #bbbdf3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbbdf3 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 #bbbdf3 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 #bbbdf3 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 #bbbdf3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.