Steel blue

#006ea3

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Steel blue is a deep blue that reads rich. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #006ea3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#006ea3

RGB0, 110, 163

HSL200, 100%, 32%

HSV200, 100%, 64%

CMYK100%, 33%, 0%, 36%

Lab43.94, -6.23, -35.81

XYZ12.19, 13.8, 36.67

Decimal28323

Web safe#006699

Pantone3015 C

Shades of steel blue

#006596 #005c89 #00537b #004a6e #004161 #003854 #002f46 #002739 #001e2c #00151f

Tints of steel blue

#0084c4 #009ae5 #07aeff #28b9ff #49c4ff #69ceff #8ad9ff #abe4ff #cceeff #edf9ff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#a33500 Analogous#00a386 Analogous#001da3 Triadic#a3006e Triadic#6ea300 Split complementary#a3001d Split complementary#a38600

Steel blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 100, 33, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #006ea3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 33 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 34 4 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Steel blue in css

Copy #006ea3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #006ea3; }
.text { color: #006ea3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #006ea3; }

How steel blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #006ea3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #006ea3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #006ea3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around steel blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #006ea3 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 steel blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #006ea3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.