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Light Steel Blue

Hex #B0C4DE, rgb(176 196 222). A blue CSS named color.

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About Light Steel Blue

Light Steel Blue is a light muted blue with the hex code #B0C4DE. In RGB it is made of 176 red, 196 green and 222 blue; in HSL its hue is 214°, with 41% saturation and 78% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 81.4%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "lightsteelblue" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.78:1 and against black 11.80:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Light Steel Blue mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

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Tones (with gray)

Light Steel Blue 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Light Steel Blue

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Light Steel Blue with white and black. The readable text color on Light Steel Blue is black.

Light Steel Blue textSmall text on white

On white1.78:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large fail
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 33

Light Steel Blue textSmall text on black

On black11.80:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA pass
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -70

Black text on Light Steel Blue (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Light Steel Blue appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#BBC5DF
  • Deuteranopia#B6C0DD
  • Tritanopia#A4CACC
  • Protanomaly#B8C4DF
  • Deuteranomaly#B5C1DE
  • Tritanomaly#ACC6D6
  • Achromatopsia#C2C2C2

Colors similar to Light Steel Blue

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Light Steel Blue in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.light-steel-blue {
  color: lightsteelblue; /* #B0C4DE */
  background-color: rgb(176 196 222);
  border-color: oklch(81.4% 0.043 255);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-light-steel-blue-500, text-light-steel-blue-700... */
@theme {
  --color-light-steel-blue-50: #F8FAFE;
  --color-light-steel-blue-100: #E8EEF6;
  --color-light-steel-blue-200: #D2DDEC;
  --color-light-steel-blue-300: #B0C4DE;
  --color-light-steel-blue-400: #82A0C7;
  --color-light-steel-blue-500: #6789B6;
  --color-light-steel-blue-600: #55759F;
  --color-light-steel-blue-700: #435E81;
  --color-light-steel-blue-800: #354B67;
  --color-light-steel-blue-900: #2B3D53;
  --color-light-steel-blue-950: #0C1724;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#B0C4DE] text-[#000000]">…</div>