Light steel blue

#c8d3e2

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #c8d3e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8d3e2

RGB200, 211, 226

HSL215, 31%, 84%

HSV215, 12%, 89%

CMYK12%, 7%, 0%, 11%

Lab84.15, -0.78, -8.67

XYZ60.84, 64.36, 81.17

Decimal13161442

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#aebed4 #94aac7 #7a95b9 #6080ab #4f6d95 #415a7c #344762 #263448 #18212e #0b0f14

Tints of light steel blue

#ccd6e4 #d1dae7 #d5dde9 #d9e1eb #dee4ed #e2e8f0 #e6ebf2 #ebeff4 #eff2f7 #f3f6f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e2d7c8 Analogous#c8e0e2 Analogous#cac8e2 Triadic#e2c8d3 Triadic#d3e2c8 Split complementary#e2cac8 Split complementary#e0e2c8

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 7, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8d3e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 7 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 10 4 17

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 #c8d3e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8d3e2; }
.text { color: #c8d3e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8d3e2; }

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 #c8d3e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8d3e2 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 #c8d3e2 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 #c8d3e2 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 #c8d3e2 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.