Light steel blue

#cbe2fa

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

Light steel blue sits in the blue band, pale and vivid. 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 #cbe2fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbe2fa

RGB203, 226, 250

HSL211, 82%, 89%

HSV211, 19%, 98%

CMYK19%, 10%, 0%, 2%

Lab88.92, -2.69, -14.21

XYZ69.08, 73.99, 101.08

Decimal13361914

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a4cdf6 #7eb7f3 #57a2ef #318ceb #1577dd #1262b6 #0e4d90 #0a3969 #062442 #030f1c

Tints of light steel blue

#d6e8fb #ddecfc #e4f0fc #ebf4fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fae3cb Analogous#cbf9fa Analogous#cbcbfa Triadic#facbe2 Triadic#e2facb Split complementary#facccb Split complementary#fafacb

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 19, 10, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbe2fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 10 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 13 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #cbe2fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbe2fa; }
.text { color: #cbe2fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbe2fa; }

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 #cbe2fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbe2fa 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 #cbe2fa 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 #cbe2fa 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 #cbe2fa is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.