Light steel blue

#c8d3fa

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

Light steel blue is a pale blue that reads quiet. 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 #c8d3fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8d3fa

RGB200, 211, 250

HSL227, 83%, 88%

HSV227, 20%, 98%

CMYK20%, 16%, 0%, 2%

Lab84.88, 4.26, -20.31

XYZ64.37, 65.77, 99.74

Decimal13161466

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a2b4f7 #7b95f3 #5577f0 #2e58ec #1440dc #1135b6 #0d2a8f #0a1f69 #061342 #03081c

Tints of light steel blue

#ccd6fa #d0d9fb #d4dcfb #d7dffb #dbe2fc #dfe6fc #e3e9fc #e7ecfd #ebeffd #eff2fe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#faefc8 Analogous#c8ecfa Analogous#d6c8fa Triadic#fac8d3 Triadic#d3fac8 Split complementary#fad6c8 Split complementary#ecfac8

Light steel blue in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 20, 16, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8d3fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 16 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 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 #c8d3fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8d3fa; }
.text { color: #c8d3fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8d3fa; }

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 #c8d3fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8d3fa 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 #c8d3fa 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 #c8d3fa 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

Here is how the numbers for #c8d3fa are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.