Steel blue

#007db0

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

Steel blue sits in the blue band, deep and vivid. 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 #007db0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#007db0
RGB0, 125, 176
HSL197, 100%, 35%
HSV197, 100%, 69%
CMYK100%, 29%, 0%, 31%
Lab49.25, -10.05, -35.03
XYZ15.17, 17.8, 43.71
Decimal32176
Web safe#006699
Pantone307 C
Pantone307 CHex#007db0Rgb0 125 176Cmyk100 29 0 31Lab49 -10 -35Darker#002b3dDeep#004a69Lighter#0cabeb

Shades of steel blue

Tints of steel blue

Colors that go with steel blue

Steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 100, 29, 0, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #007db0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
100 29 0 31
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
96 31 4 37
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 #007db0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #007db0; }
.text { color: #007db0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #007db0; }

How steel blue looks on light and dark

Steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #007db0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.60:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.56:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #007db0 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 #007db0 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #007db0 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from steel blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #007db0 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.