Light steel blue

#9fa4e1

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, light and soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #9fa4e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9fa4e1

RGB159, 164, 225

HSL235, 52%, 75%

HSV235, 29%, 88%

CMYK29%, 27%, 0%, 12%

Lab69.01, 11.87, -31.36

XYZ41.16, 39.36, 76.66

Decimal10462433

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light steel blue

#848ad9 #6971d0 #4e57c8 #3a43b9 #313a9e #293083 #212668 #181c4d #101232 #070817

Tints of light steel blue

#a7ace4 #afb4e6 #b8bbe9 #c0c3eb #c8cbee #d0d3f0 #d9dbf3 #e1e2f6 #e9eaf8 #f1f2fb

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e1dc9f Analogous#9fc5e1 Analogous#bb9fe1 Triadic#e19fa4 Triadic#a4e19f Split complementary#e1bb9f Split complementary#c5e19f

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 29, 27, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9fa4e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 27 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 29 4 18

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 #9fa4e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9fa4e1; }
.text { color: #9fa4e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9fa4e1; }

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 #9fa4e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9fa4e1 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 #9fa4e1 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 #9fa4e1 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

Here is how the numbers for #9fa4e1 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.