CSS named colour

Light Steel Blue

#b0c4de

A CSS named colour: lightsteelblue is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(176 196 222)
HSL: 214°, 41%, 78%
OKLCh: 81.4% 0.043 255.0

Light Steel Blue in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#b0c4de`
RGB	`rgb(176 196 222)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(176, 196, 222)`
RGB percent	`rgb(69.02% 76.86% 87.06%)`
HSL	`hsl(213.9 41.1% 78%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(213.9, 41.1%, 78%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(213.9, 20.7%, 87.1%)`
HWB	`hwb(213.9 69% 12.9%)`
Nearest name	`lightsteelblue`
CMYK	`cmyk(20.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(81.362% 0.04281 255.033)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(81.362% -0.01106 -0.04136)`
CIE LCh	`lch(78.263% 15.705 259.353)`
CIE Lab	`lab(78.263% -2.902 -15.434)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.705 0.7662 0.861)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.6951 0.7379 0.8429)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.4342 0.552 0.7305)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.5083 0.5398 0.7685)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.69, 0.769, 0.871)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.434, 0.552, 0.73)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.69, 0.769, 0.871, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.434, 0.552, 0.73, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(176, 196, 222)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.69, 0.769, 0.871)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.434, 0.552, 0.73)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.69, 0.769, 0.871, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.69, 0.769, 0.871, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.69, 0.769, 0.871)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.69, 0.769, 0.871, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.434, 0.552, 0.73)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.69f, 0.769f, 0.871f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(176, 196, 222, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.4342f, 0.552f, 0.7305f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(176, 196, 222, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.69, 0.769, 0.871, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFB0C4DE)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(176, 196, 222)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.69, green: 0.769, blue: 0.871)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.69, green: 0.769, blue: 0.871, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xB0C4DE`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFB0C4DE`
Array 0–1	`[0.69, 0.769, 0.871]`
Array 0–255	`[176, 196, 222]`
Decimal integer	`11584734`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Light Steel Blue on white	1.78:1	Fail	Lc 33	Non-text elements only
Light Steel Blue on black	11.80:1	AAA	Lc 70	Headings and large text

Light Steel Blue text on a white background

Light Steel Blue text on a black background

White text on Light Steel Blue

Black text on Light Steel Blue

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#eaf9ff
100#dfefff
200#cddef4
300#b5c7df
400#98abc3
500#7a8da5
600#61738a
700#4c5c71
800#3a495b
900#2c3949
950#16202d

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#bdcee4
Tint 2#cad7e9
Tint 3#d7e1ef
Tint 4#e4ebf4
Tint 5#f2f5fa
Shade 1#8999ae
Shade 2#647080
Shade 3#424a55
Shade 4#22272e
Shade 5#07080b

Colours that work with Light Steel Blue

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#d3bfa4
#dcb7b9
#b6c9ad
#a5c9d7
#bfbfdd

Closest CSS names

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