Light steel blue

#d0e5ff

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 airy. 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 #d0e5ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d0e5ff

RGB208, 229, 255

HSL213, 100%, 91%

HSV213, 18%, 100%

CMYK18%, 10%, 0%, 0%

Lab90.17, -1.66, -14.92

XYZ72.08, 76.67, 105.61

Decimal13690367

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2707 C

Shades of light steel blue

#a5cdff #7ab5ff #4e9dff #2385ff #006ef7 #005bcc #0048a0 #003475 #00214a #000e1f

Tints of light steel blue

#d3e7ff #d6e8ff #d9eaff #dcebff #dfedff #e1efff #e4f0ff #e7f2ff #eaf4ff #edf5ff

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#ffead0 Analogous#d0fcff Analogous#d3d0ff Triadic#ffd0e5 Triadic#e5ffd0 Split complementary#ffd3d0 Split complementary#fdffd0

Light steel blue in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 18, 10, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d0e5ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 10 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 13 4 6

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 #d0e5ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d0e5ff; }
.text { color: #d0e5ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d0e5ff; }

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 #d0e5ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d0e5ff 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 #d0e5ff 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 #d0e5ff 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

Here is how the numbers for #d0e5ff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.