Steel blue

#0085d2

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

This is Steel blue, a vivid blue at 202 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #0085d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0085d2

RGB0, 133, 210

HSL202, 100%, 41%

HSV202, 100%, 82%

CMYK100%, 37%, 0%, 18%

Lab53.41, -1.71, -47.9

XYZ20.02, 21.43, 64.05

Decimal34258

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#007ac0 #006eae #00639c #00588a #004c78 #004166 #003554 #002a42 #001f31 #00131f

Tints of steel blue

#0097ee #0ba6ff #28b0ff #44baff #60c5ff #7ccfff #99d9ff #b5e4ff #d1eeff #edf8ff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#d24d00 Analogous#00d2b6 Analogous#001cd2 Triadic#d20085 Triadic#85d200 Split complementary#d2001c Split complementary#d2b600

Steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 100, 37, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0085d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 37 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 38 4 24

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 #0085d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0085d2; }
.text { color: #0085d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0085d2; }

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 #0085d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0085d2 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 #0085d2 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 #0085d2 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

Every value on this page for #0085d2 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.