Light steel blue

#cbceff

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 vivid blue at 237 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 #cbceff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbceff

RGB203, 206, 255

HSL237, 100%, 90%

HSV237, 20%, 100%

CMYK20%, 19%, 0%, 0%

Lab84.0, 8.93, -24.28

XYZ64.75, 64.06, 103.56

Decimal13356799

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a0a6ff #767dff #4b55ff #202dff #000ef4 #000cca #00099f #000774 #000449 #00021f

Tints of light steel blue

#d2d4ff #d9dbff #dfe1ff #e3e5ff #eaebff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fffccb Analogous#cbe8ff Analogous#e2cbff Triadic#ffcbce Triadic#ceffcb Split complementary#ffe2cb Split complementary#e8ffcb

Light steel blue in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 20, 19, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 19 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 21 4 6

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 #cbceff straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbceff 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 #cbceff 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 #cbceff 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 #cbceff is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.