Light steel blue

#cbe1f4

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 gentle. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #cbe1f4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbe1f4

RGB203, 225, 244

HSL208, 65%, 88%

HSV208, 17%, 96%

CMYK17%, 8%, 0%, 4%

Lab88.49, -3.43, -11.71

XYZ67.88, 73.08, 96.12

Decimal13361652

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a9cded #86b9e5 #64a6de #4292d7 #2a7dc5 #2267a3 #1b5180 #143c5e #0d263c #051019

Tints of light steel blue

#cfe3f5 #d2e5f6 #d6e7f6 #daeaf7 #deecf8 #e1eef9 #e5f0fa #e9f2fa #edf4fb #f0f7fc

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#f4decb Analogous#cbf4f3 Analogous#cbccf4 Triadic#f4cbe1 Triadic#e1f4cb Split complementary#f4cbcc Split complementary#f4f3cb

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 17, 8, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbe1f4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 8 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 11 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 #cbe1f4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbe1f4; }
.text { color: #cbe1f4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbe1f4; }

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 #cbe1f4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbe1f4 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 #cbe1f4 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 #cbe1f4 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 #cbe1f4 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.