Light steel blue

#ccddfa

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 218 degrees. 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 #ccddfa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ccddfa

RGB204, 221, 250

HSL218, 82%, 89%

HSV218, 18%, 98%

CMYK18%, 12%, 0%, 2%

Lab87.7, 0.22, -16.03

XYZ68.01, 71.45, 100.65

Decimal13426170

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a5c3f6 #7faaf2 #5890ef #3276eb #165fdd #124fb6 #0e3e90 #0a2d69 #071d42 #030c1c

Tints of light steel blue

#cfdffa #d3e2fb #d6e4fb #dae6fb #dde9fc #e1ebfc #e4edfc #e8f0fd #ebf2fd #eff4fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#fae9cc Analogous#ccf4fa Analogous#d2ccfa Triadic#faccdd Triadic#ddfacc Split complementary#fad2cc Split complementary#f4facc

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 18, 12, 0, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 12 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 15 4 8

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 #ccddfa straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ccddfa 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 #ccddfa 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 #ccddfa 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 #ccddfa is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.