Light steel blue

#c8dff7

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 strong blue at 211 degrees. 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 #c8dff7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8dff7

RGB200, 223, 247

HSL211, 75%, 88%

HSV211, 19%, 97%

CMYK19%, 10%, 0%, 3%

Lab87.86, -2.68, -14.24

XYZ67.0, 71.77, 98.32

Decimal13164535

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a4caf2 #7fb5ec #5ba0e7 #378ae2 #1e76d0 #1961ac #144d88 #0e3863 #09243f #040f1b

Tints of light steel blue

#d0e4f8 #d8e8f9 #e0edfa #e8f1fc #ebf4fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f7e0c8 Analogous#c8f7f7 Analogous#c8c8f7 Triadic#f7c8df Triadic#dff7c8 Split complementary#f7c9c8 Split complementary#f7f7c8

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 19, 10, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8dff7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 10 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 13 4 9

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 #c8dff7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8dff7; }
.text { color: #c8dff7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8dff7; }

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 #c8dff7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8dff7 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 #c8dff7 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 #c8dff7 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 #c8dff7 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.