Light steel blue

#c3cbce

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

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #c3cbce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c3cbce

RGB195, 203, 206

HSL196, 10%, 79%

HSV196, 5%, 81%

CMYK5%, 1%, 0%, 19%

Lab81.17, -2.15, -2.45

XYZ55.0, 58.77, 66.84

Decimal12831694

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5445 C

Shades of light steel blue

#afb9bd #9aa8ad #86969c #72848b #617177 #505d62 #404a4e #2f373a #1e2325 #0e1011

Tints of light steel blue

#c8cfd2 #cdd4d6 #d2d8da #d7dcde #dce1e2 #e1e5e7 #e6e9eb #ebeeef #f0f2f3 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#cec6c3 Analogous#c3cecc Analogous#c3c5ce Triadic#cec3cb Triadic#cbcec3 Split complementary#cec3c5 Split complementary#ceccc3

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 5, 1, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c3cbce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 1 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 5 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 #c3cbce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c3cbce; }
.text { color: #c3cbce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c3cbce; }

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 #c3cbce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c3cbce 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 #c3cbce 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 #c3cbce 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 #c3cbce is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.