Light steel blue

#c5d4fb

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, pale and vivid. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #c5d4fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5d4fb

RGB197, 212, 251

HSL223, 87%, 88%

HSV223, 22%, 98%

CMYK22%, 16%, 0%, 2%

Lab84.96, 3.05, -20.74

XYZ63.98, 65.92, 100.62

Decimal12965115

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9eb7f8 #779af6 #507df3 #2960f0 #0f49e0 #0d3db9 #0a3092 #07236b #051644 #02091d

Tints of light steel blue

#c9d7fb #cddafc #d1ddfc #d6e0fc #dae3fc #dee6fd #e2e9fd #e6ecfd #eaf0fe #eef3fe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fbecc5 Analogous#c5effb Analogous#d1c5fb Triadic#fbc5d4 Triadic#d4fbc5 Split complementary#fbd1c5 Split complementary#effbc5

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 22, 16, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5d4fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 16 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 19 4 8

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 #c5d4fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5d4fb; }
.text { color: #c5d4fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5d4fb; }

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 #c5d4fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5d4fb 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 #c5d4fb 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 #c5d4fb 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 #c5d4fb is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.