Light steel blue

#b7b4ff

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 vivid blue at 242 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 #b7b4ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b7b4ff

RGB183, 180, 255

HSL242, 100%, 85%

HSV242, 29%, 100%

CMYK28%, 29%, 0%, 0%

Lab76.03, 17.19, -36.65

XYZ53.9, 49.93, 101.4

Decimal12039423

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of light steel blue

#908cff #6963ff #433bff #1c12ff #0900e9 #0800c0 #060098 #04006f #030047 #01001f

Tints of light steel blue

#bcbaff #c2bfff #c7c5ff #cdcbff #d2d1ff #d8d6ff #dddcff #e3e2ff #e8e7ff #eeedff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fcffb4 Analogous#b4d7ff Analogous#dcb4ff Triadic#ffb7b4 Triadic#b4ffb7 Split complementary#ffddb4 Split complementary#d7ffb4

Light steel blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 28, 29, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b7b4ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 29 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 31 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #b7b4ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b7b4ff; }
.text { color: #b7b4ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b7b4ff; }

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 #b7b4ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b7b4ff 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 #b7b4ff 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 #b7b4ff 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 #b7b4ff is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.