Light Steel Blue is the CSS named color #B0C4DE — rgb(176, 196, 222), hsl(214, 41%, 78%). Its relative luminance is 0.540, giving 1.78:1 against white and 11.80:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #B0C4DE |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(176, 196, 222) |
| HSL | hsl(214, 41%, 78%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.5398 |
| Contrast on white | 1.78:1 AA fail |
| Contrast on black | 11.80:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing lightsteelblue toward white (four steps) and toward black (four steps) while keeping the hue. Use the shades generator for a different step count or to add harmony sets.
Closest by CIELAB distance (ΔE76). For perceptual matching in a design system, compare in OKLab before locking a token.
lightsteelblue is #B0C4DE, which is rgb(176, 196, 222) and hsl(214, 41%, 78%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
Light Steel Blue has a relative luminance of 0.540 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a light color. Against white it scores 1.78:1; against black, 11.80:1.
lightsteelblue reaches 11.80:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.