Light steel blue

#bdccf8

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 open. 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 #bdccf8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdccf8

RGB189, 204, 248

HSL225, 81%, 86%

HSV225, 24%, 97%

CMYK24%, 18%, 0%, 3%

Lab82.26, 4.24, -23.29

XYZ59.52, 60.78, 97.4

Decimal12438776

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#98b0f4 #7493f0 #4f77ec #2a5ae8 #1646d3 #133aaf #0f2e8a #0b2265 #071540 #03091c

Tints of light steel blue

#c2d0f9 #c7d4f9 #ccd8fa #d1dbfa #d6dffb #dbe3fb #e0e7fc #e5ebfc #eaeffd #eff3fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f8e9bd Analogous#bdeaf8 Analogous#cbbdf8 Triadic#f8bdcc Triadic#ccf8bd Split complementary#f8cbbd Split complementary#eaf8bd

Light steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 24, 18, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdccf8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 18 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 21 4 9

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #bdccf8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdccf8; }
.text { color: #bdccf8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdccf8; }

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 #bdccf8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdccf8 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 #bdccf8 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 #bdccf8 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 #bdccf8 is computed, not guessed. 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.