Light steel blue

#bcbbcd

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

Hex#bcbbcd

RGB188, 187, 205

HSL243, 15%, 77%

HSV243, 9%, 80%

CMYK8%, 9%, 0%, 20%

Lab76.46, 3.82, -8.92

XYZ49.53, 50.64, 64.92

Decimal12368845

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone536 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a7a6be #9391ae #7e7d9f #6b698f #5b5a7a #4c4a65 #3c3b50 #2c2c3b #1d1c26 #0d0d12

Tints of light steel blue

#c2c1d1 #c7c7d5 #cdccda #d3d2de #d8d8e2 #dedee6 #e4e3eb #e9e9ef #efeff3 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#cccdbb Analogous#bbc3cd Analogous#c5bbcd Triadic#cdbcbb Triadic#bbcdbc Split complementary#cdc5bb Split complementary#c3cdbb

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 9, 0, 20.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 9 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 12 4 26

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 #bcbbcd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcbbcd 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 #bcbbcd 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 #bcbbcd 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 #bcbbcd 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.