Light steel blue

#c1d8ff

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light steel blue, a vivid blue at 218 degrees. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #c1d8ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c1d8ff

RGB193, 216, 255

HSL218, 100%, 88%

HSV218, 24%, 100%

CMYK24%, 15%, 0%, 0%

Lab85.84, 0.64, -21.54

XYZ64.6, 67.67, 104.26

Decimal12703999

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#97beff #6ea3ff #4489ff #1a6fff #0059ef #0049c6 #003a9c #002a72 #001b48 #000b1f

Tints of light steel blue

#c5dbff #cadeff #cee0ff #d3e3ff #d7e6ff #dbe9ff #e0ebff #e4eeff #e9f1ff #edf4ff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ffe8c1 Analogous#c1f7ff Analogous#c9c1ff Triadic#ffc1d8 Triadic#d8ffc1 Split complementary#ffc9c1 Split complementary#f7ffc1

Light steel blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 24, 15, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c1d8ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 15 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 18 4 6

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #c1d8ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c1d8ff; }
.text { color: #c1d8ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c1d8ff; }

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 #c1d8ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c1d8ff 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 #c1d8ff 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 #c1d8ff 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

Every value on this page for #c1d8ff is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.