Light steel blue

#bfc5cf

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #bfc5cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfc5cf

RGB191, 197, 207

HSL218, 14%, 78%

HSV218, 8%, 81%

CMYK8%, 5%, 0%, 19%

Lab79.34, -0.13, -5.71

XYZ52.71, 55.51, 66.97

Decimal12568015

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone650 C

Shades of light steel blue

#aab2bf #959fb0 #808ca0 #6c798f #5c677a #4c5665 #3c4450 #2d323b #1d2026 #0d0f11

Tints of light steel blue

#c4cad3 #cacfd7 #cfd4db #d5d9df #dadde3 #dfe2e7 #e5e7eb #eaecef #eff1f3 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

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Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 5, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfc5cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 5 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 9 4 25

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 #bfc5cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfc5cf; }
.text { color: #bfc5cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfc5cf; }

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 #bfc5cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfc5cf 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 #bfc5cf 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 #bfc5cf 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 #bfc5cf 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.