Light steel blue

#c1c3fd

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 #c1c3fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c1c3fd

RGB193, 195, 253

HSL238, 94%, 87%

HSV238, 24%, 99%

CMYK24%, 23%, 0%, 1%

Lab80.44, 11.41, -28.71

XYZ59.24, 57.46, 100.9

Decimal12698621

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#999cfc #7175fa #484ef9 #2027f8 #070fe7 #060cbf #050a96 #04076e #020546 #01021e

Tints of light steel blue

#caccfd #d3d4fe #d7d9fe #dcddfe #e0e1fe #e5e6fe #e9eafe #eeeefe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fdfbc1 Analogous#c1e1fd Analogous#ddc1fd Triadic#fdc1c3 Triadic#c3fdc1 Split complementary#fdddc1 Split complementary#e1fdc1

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, 23, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c1c3fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 23 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 25 4 7

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #c1c3fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c1c3fd; }
.text { color: #c1c3fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c1c3fd; }

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 #c1c3fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c1c3fd 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 #c1c3fd 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 #c1c3fd 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 #c1c3fd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.