Steel blue

#007eeb

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

Steel blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #007eeb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#007eeb

RGB0, 126, 235

HSL208, 100%, 46%

HSV208, 100%, 92%

CMYK100%, 46%, 0%, 8%

Lab52.86, 12.29, -62.83

XYZ22.46, 20.92, 81.45

Decimal32491

Web safe#0066ff

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#0073d7 #0068c2 #005dae #005299 #004785 #003c70 #00315c #002647 #001b33 #00101f

Tints of steel blue

#068bff #1f97ff #39a3ff #53afff #6dbbff #86c7ff #a0d3ff #badfff #d3ebff #edf7ff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#eb6d00 Analogous#00ebe3 Analogous#0008eb Triadic#eb007e Triadic#7eeb00 Split complementary#eb0008 Split complementary#ebe300

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, 46, 0, 8.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 46 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 46 4 14

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 #007eeb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #007eeb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #007eeb 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 #007eeb 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 #007eeb 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

Here is how the numbers for #007eeb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.