Light steel blue

#9bb7c7

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 mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #9bb7c7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9bb7c7

RGB155, 183, 199

HSL202, 28%, 69%

HSV202, 22%, 78%

CMYK22%, 8%, 0%, 22%

Lab72.86, -5.99, -11.26

XYZ40.76, 44.96, 60.56

Decimal10205127

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone543 C

Shades of light steel blue

#86a8bb #7299b0 #5d8aa4 #517990 #45687b #395667 #2e4552 #22333d #172228 #0b1014

Tints of light steel blue

#a4bdcc #adc4d1 #b6cad6 #bed1db #c7d7e0 #d0dde5 #d9e4ea #e2eaef #ebf0f4 #f4f7f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#c7ab9b Analogous#9bc7c1 Analogous#9ba1c7 Triadic#c79bb7 Triadic#b7c79b Split complementary#c79ba1 Split complementary#c7c19b

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 22, 8, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9bb7c7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 8 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 11 4 28

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #9bb7c7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9bb7c7; }
.text { color: #9bb7c7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9bb7c7; }

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 #9bb7c7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9bb7c7 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 #9bb7c7 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 #9bb7c7 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 #9bb7c7 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.