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Light Steel Blue

#B0C4DE

Conversions

HEX#B0C4DE

RGBrgb(176, 196, 222)

HSLhsl(214, 41%, 78%)

HSVhsv(214, 21%, 87%)

CMYKcmyk(21%, 12%, 0%, 13%)

Copy CSS

color: #b0c4de;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(176, 196, 222);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(214, 41%, 78%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 1.78 : 1

On ink blackPass · 10.75 : 1

Shades

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Pairings

About Light Steel Blue

Light Steel Blue is the hex color #B0C4DE, which translates to rgb(176, 196, 222) in RGB and hsl(214, 41%, 78%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 214 degrees, with a saturation of 41 percent and a lightness of 78 percent. That puts Light Steel Blue at the pale end of the blue range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Light Steel Blue compares

Light Steel Blue is exactly the CSS keyword lightsteelblue, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is blue-200 (#BEDBFF), at a distance of 9.7. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Light Blue at 11.6. Sorted by lightness, Light Steel Blue is number 28 of the 30 blue colors here.

Text on Light Steel Blue

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Light Steel Blue, led by Ink black at 10.75:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Light Steel Blue already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Light Steel Blue. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	1.78:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	10.75:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	2.72:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	5.79:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.44:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Light Steel Blue

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Light Steel Blue for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Light Steel Blue

Format	Value
HEX	#B0C4DE
RGB	rgb(176, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 41%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(214, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 12%, 0%, 13%)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.0428 255.03)
CIELAB	lab(78.45 -1.28 -15.21)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.