Light steel blue

#cbc9ff

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 pale blue that reads quiet. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #cbc9ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbc9ff

RGB203, 201, 255

HSL242, 100%, 89%

HSV242, 21%, 100%

CMYK20%, 21%, 0%, 0%

Lab82.75, 11.61, -26.18

XYZ63.57, 61.69, 103.16

Decimal13355519

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a29eff #7974ff #5049ff #271fff #0900f3 #0700c9 #06009e #040074 #030049 #01001f

Tints of light steel blue

#cecdff #d2d0ff #d5d4ff #d9d7ff #dcdbff #e0dfff #e3e2ff #e7e6ff #eaeaff #eeedff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fdffc9 Analogous#c9e2ff Analogous#e6c9ff Triadic#ffcbc9 Triadic#c9ffcb Split complementary#ffe6c9 Split complementary#e2ffc9

Light steel blue in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 20, 21, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbc9ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 21 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 23 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 #cbc9ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbc9ff; }
.text { color: #cbc9ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbc9ff; }

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 #cbc9ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbc9ff 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 #cbc9ff 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 #cbc9ff 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 #cbc9ff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.