Light steel blue

#c8dbfd

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 gentle. 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 #c8dbfd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8dbfd

RGB200, 219, 253

HSL218, 93%, 89%

HSV218, 21%, 99%

CMYK21%, 13%, 0%, 1%

Lab87.01, 0.7, -18.67

XYZ66.88, 70.03, 102.92

Decimal13163517

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9fc0fc #76a6fa #4e8bf9 #2570f7 #0859e9 #074ac1 #063a98 #042a6f #031b46 #010b1e

Tints of light steel blue

#d0e0fd #d7e5fe #dfeafe #e6effe #eef4fe

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fdeac8 Analogous#c8f5fd Analogous#d0c8fd Triadic#fdc8db Triadic#dbfdc8 Split complementary#fdd0c8 Split complementary#f5fdc8

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 21, 13, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8dbfd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 13 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 16 4 7

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #c8dbfd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8dbfd; }
.text { color: #c8dbfd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8dbfd; }

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 #c8dbfd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8dbfd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c8dbfd 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c8dbfd 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 #c8dbfd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.