Light steel blue

#c5d4e9

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 soft blue at 215 degrees. 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 #c5d4e9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5d4e9

RGB197, 212, 233

HSL215, 45%, 84%

HSV215, 15%, 91%

CMYK15%, 9%, 0%, 9%

Lab84.4, -0.82, -12.04

XYZ61.28, 64.84, 86.38

Decimal12965097

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a8bfde #8ba9d3 #6e94c8 #517ebd #3f6ba7 #34588a #29466d #1e3350 #132133 #080e16

Tints of light steel blue

#cad7eb #cedbec #d3deee #d7e1f0 #dce5f2 #e0e8f3 #e5ebf5 #e9eff7 #eef2f8 #f2f5fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e9dac5 Analogous#c5e6e9 Analogous#c8c5e9 Triadic#e9c5d4 Triadic#d4e9c5 Split complementary#e9c8c5 Split complementary#e6e9c5

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 15, 9, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5d4e9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 9 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 12 4 15

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 #c5d4e9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5d4e9; }
.text { color: #c5d4e9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5d4e9; }

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 #c5d4e9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5d4e9 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 #c5d4e9 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 #c5d4e9 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 #c5d4e9 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.