Light steel blue

#bec0fb

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 #bec0fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bec0fb

RGB190, 192, 251

HSL238, 88%, 86%

HSV238, 24%, 98%

CMYK24%, 24%, 0%, 2%

Lab79.39, 11.7, -29.27

XYZ57.5, 55.61, 98.97

Decimal12501243

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#979bf9 #7175f6 #4a50f4 #232af1 #0e15de #0b11b7 #090d91 #070a6a #040643 #02031d

Tints of light steel blue

#c3c5fb #c8c9fc #cccefc #d1d3fc #d6d7fc #dbdcfd #e0e1fd #e5e5fd #e9eafe #eeeffe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fbf9be Analogous#bedffb Analogous#dbbefb Triadic#fbbec0 Triadic#c0fbbe Split complementary#fbdabe Split complementary#dffbbe

Light steel blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 24, 24, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bec0fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 24 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 26 4 8

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 #bec0fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bec0fb; }
.text { color: #bec0fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bec0fb; }

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 #bec0fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bec0fb 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 #bec0fb 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 #bec0fb 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 #bec0fb 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.