Light steel blue

#a5bacf

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 light blue that reads relaxed. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #a5bacf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a5bacf

RGB165, 186, 207

HSL210, 30%, 73%

HSV210, 20%, 81%

CMYK20%, 10%, 0%, 19%

Lab74.59, -2.68, -12.98

XYZ44.34, 47.62, 65.89

Decimal10861263

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone644 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8fa9c3 #7898b7 #6287ab #52769a #466583 #3a546d #2e4357 #223140 #17202a #0b0f14

Tints of light steel blue

#adc0d3 #b5c6d7 #bdccdc #c4d2e0 #ccd8e4 #d4dee8 #dce4ec #e4eaf0 #ecf0f5 #f3f6f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

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Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 10, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a5bacf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 10 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 13 4 25

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 #a5bacf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a5bacf; }
.text { color: #a5bacf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a5bacf; }

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 #a5bacf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a5bacf 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 #a5bacf 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 #a5bacf 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a5bacf is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.