Light steel blue

#b0b2d4

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light steel blue, a soft blue at 237 degrees. 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 #b0b2d4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b0b2d4

RGB176, 178, 212

HSL237, 30%, 76%

HSV237, 17%, 83%

CMYK17%, 16%, 0%, 17%

Lab73.43, 6.25, -17.37

XYZ45.71, 45.82, 68.72

Decimal11580116

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone658 C

Shades of light steel blue

#999bc7 #8285bb #6b6eae #565a9f #4a4d88 #3d4070 #313359 #242642 #17182b #0b0b14

Tints of light steel blue

#b7b9d8 #bdbfdb #c4c6df #cbcce3 #d2d3e6 #d8d9ea #dfe0ee #e6e7f1 #ededf5 #f3f4f9

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#d4d2b0 Analogous#b0c4d4 Analogous#c0b0d4 Triadic#d4b0b2 Triadic#b2d4b0 Split complementary#d4c0b0 Split complementary#c4d4b0

Light steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 16, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b0b2d4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 16 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 19 4 23

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 #b0b2d4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b0b2d4; }
.text { color: #b0b2d4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b0b2d4; }

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 #b0b2d4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b0b2d4 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 #b0b2d4 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 #b0b2d4 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 #b0b2d4 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.