Light steel blue

#a2a4bb

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 #a2a4bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2a4bb

RGB162, 164, 187

HSL235, 16%, 68%

HSV235, 13%, 73%

CMYK13%, 12%, 0%, 27%

Lab67.89, 3.97, -12.05

XYZ37.15, 37.82, 52.36

Decimal10659003

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone535 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9092ae #7d80a0 #6b6e92 #5e6080 #50536e #43455b #353749 #282936 #1a1b24 #0d0d12

Tints of light steel blue

#aaacc1 #b3b4c7 #bbbccd #c3c4d3 #cbccd9 #d4d5df #dcdde5 #e4e5eb #ecedf1 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#bbb9a2 Analogous#a2b1bb Analogous#aca2bb Triadic#bba2a4 Triadic#a4bba2 Split complementary#bbaca2 Split complementary#b1bba2

Light steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 13, 12, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2a4bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 12 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 15 4 33

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 #a2a4bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2a4bb; }
.text { color: #a2a4bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2a4bb; }

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 #a2a4bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2a4bb 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 #a2a4bb 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 #a2a4bb 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

The figures for #a2a4bb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.