Light steel blue

#bec6ef

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 soft. 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 #bec6ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bec6ef

RGB190, 198, 239

HSL230, 60%, 84%

HSV230, 21%, 94%

CMYK21%, 17%, 0%, 6%

Lab80.5, 5.73, -21.16

XYZ57.01, 57.57, 89.77

Decimal12502767

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9eaae7 #7e8edf #5e72d7 #3e56d0 #2d44b8 #263898 #1e2c78 #162158 #0e1539 #060919

Tints of light steel blue

#c8cff1 #d2d8f4 #dce1f6 #e7eaf9 #f1f2fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#efe7be Analogous#bedfef Analogous#cebeef Triadic#efbec6 Triadic#c6efbe Split complementary#efcebe Split complementary#dfefbe

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 21, 17, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bec6ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 17 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 20 4 12

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 #bec6ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bec6ef; }
.text { color: #bec6ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bec6ef; }

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 #bec6ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bec6ef 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 #bec6ef 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 #bec6ef 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #bec6ef come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.