Light steel blue

#aeb6c2

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 muted. 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 #aeb6c2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aeb6c2

RGB174, 182, 194

HSL216, 14%, 72%

HSV216, 10%, 76%

CMYK10%, 6%, 0%, 24%

Lab73.77, -0.39, -7.04

XYZ43.92, 46.35, 57.67

Decimal11450050

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone536 C

Shades of light steel blue

#9ba5b4 #8893a5 #748297 #647185 #566172 #47505e #39404b #2a3038 #1c1f25 #0d0f11

Tints of light steel blue

#b5bcc7 #bcc3cd #c3c9d2 #cad0d7 #d1d6dd #d8dce2 #e0e3e7 #e7e9ed #eeeff2 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#c2baae Analogous#aec0c2 Analogous#b0aec2 Triadic#c2aeb6 Triadic#b6c2ae Split complementary#c2b0ae Split complementary#c0c2ae

Light steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 6, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aeb6c2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 6 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 10 4 30

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 #aeb6c2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aeb6c2; }
.text { color: #aeb6c2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aeb6c2; }

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 #aeb6c2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aeb6c2 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 #aeb6c2 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 #aeb6c2 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 #aeb6c2 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.