Light steel blue

#cfdff8

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 #cfdff8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfdff8

RGB207, 223, 248

HSL217, 75%, 89%

HSV217, 17%, 97%

CMYK17%, 10%, 0%, 3%

Lab88.36, -0.32, -13.97

XYZ69.06, 72.82, 99.22

Decimal13623288

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#aac6f3 #85aeed #6095e8 #3b7ce2 #1f66d4 #1a54af #14428a #0f3065 #091f40 #040d1b

Tints of light steel blue

#d2e1f8 #d5e3f9 #d9e5f9 #dce8fa #dfeafa #e2ecfb #e6eefb #e9f0fc #ecf2fc #eff5fd

Colors that go with light steel blue

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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, 10, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cfdff8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 10 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 13 4 9

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 #cfdff8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cfdff8; }
.text { color: #cfdff8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cfdff8; }

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 #cfdff8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfdff8 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 #cfdff8 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 #cfdff8 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 #cfdff8 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.