Light steel blue

#bfc7cc

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 grey. 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 #bfc7cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfc7cc

RGB191, 199, 204

HSL203, 11%, 77%

HSV203, 6%, 80%

CMYK6%, 2%, 0%, 20%

Lab79.77, -1.77, -3.45

XYZ52.81, 56.28, 65.21

Decimal12568524

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone643 C

Shades of light steel blue

#abb5bc #96a4ac #82929c #6f808b #5e6d76 #4e5a62 #3e484e #2e353a #1e2225 #0e1011

Tints of light steel blue

#cad0d5 #d5dadd #dfe3e6 #eaedee #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ccc4bf Analogous#bfcccb Analogous#bfc1cc Triadic#ccbfc7 Triadic#c7ccbf Split complementary#ccbfc1 Split complementary#cccbbf

Light steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 6, 2, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfc7cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 2 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 6 4 26

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 #bfc7cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfc7cc; }
.text { color: #bfc7cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfc7cc; }

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 #bfc7cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfc7cc 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 #bfc7cc 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 #bfc7cc 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 #bfc7cc 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 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.