Light steel blue

#cbdbf4

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 strong blue at 217 degrees. 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 #cbdbf4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbdbf4

RGB203, 219, 244

HSL217, 65%, 88%

HSV217, 17%, 96%

CMYK17%, 10%, 0%, 4%

Lab86.94, -0.31, -14.01

XYZ66.29, 69.89, 95.58

Decimal13360116

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a9c3ed #86abe5 #6494de #427cd7 #2a66c5 #2254a3 #1b4380 #14315e #0d1f3c #050d19

Tints of light steel blue

#cfdef5 #d2e0f6 #d6e3f6 #dae5f7 #dee8f8 #e1eaf9 #e5edfa #e9f0fa #edf2fb #f0f5fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

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Light steel blue in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 17, 10, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbdbf4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 10 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 13 4 10

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 #cbdbf4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbdbf4; }
.text { color: #cbdbf4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbdbf4; }

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 #cbdbf4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbdbf4 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 #cbdbf4 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 #cbdbf4 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 #cbdbf4 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.