Light steel blue

#bfc6ef

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 #bfc6ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfc6ef

RGB191, 198, 239

HSL231, 60%, 84%

HSV231, 20%, 94%

CMYK20%, 17%, 0%, 6%

Lab80.57, 6.04, -21.04

XYZ57.26, 57.7, 89.78

Decimal12568303

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9faae7 #7f8ddf #5f71d7 #3f54cf #2e42b8 #263798 #1e2b78 #162058 #0e1438 #060918

Tints of light steel blue

#c9cff1 #d3d8f4 #dde1f6 #e7e9f9 #eceefa #f1f2fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#efe8bf Analogous#bfdeef Analogous#d0bfef Triadic#efbfc6 Triadic#c6efbf Split complementary#efd0bf Split complementary#deefbf

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 17, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfc6ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 17 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 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 #bfc6ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfc6ef; }
.text { color: #bfc6ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfc6ef; }

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 #bfc6ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfc6ef 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 #bfc6ef 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 #bfc6ef 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

Here is how the numbers for #bfc6ef are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.