Light steel blue

#bcbafd

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light steel blue sits in the blue band, light and vivid. 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 #bcbafd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcbafd

RGB188, 186, 253

HSL242, 94%, 86%

HSV242, 26%, 99%

CMYK26%, 26%, 0%, 1%

Lab77.82, 14.85, -32.77

XYZ56.03, 52.9, 100.19

Decimal12368637

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9592fc #6f6bfb #4843fa #221bf8 #0d07e4 #0b05bc #090495 #06036d #040245 #02011e

Tints of light steel blue

#c1bffd #c6c4fd #cbc9fd #d0cffe #d5d4fe #dad9fe #dfdefe #e4e3fe #e9e8fe #eeeefe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fbfdba Analogous#badafd Analogous#debafd Triadic#fdbcba Triadic#bafdbc Split complementary#fddeba Split complementary#dafdba

Light steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 26, 26, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 26 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 28 4 7

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #bcbafd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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