Dark blue

#021f2d

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

Dark blue is a dark blue that reads anchoring. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #021f2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#021f2d

RGB2, 31, 45

HSL200, 91%, 9%

HSV200, 96%, 18%

CMYK96%, 31%, 0%, 82%

Lab10.43, -4.76, -12.46

XYZ0.99, 1.18, 2.66

Decimal139053

Web safe#003333

Pantone5395 C

Shades of dark blue

#021b27 #021722 #01141d

Tints of dark blue

#043c58 #065a82 #0877ad #0a94d7 #19adf5 #43bcf7 #6ecbf9 #99dbfa #c3eafc #eef9fe

Dark blue in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 96, 31, 0, 82.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #021f2d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

96 31 0 82

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

92 33 4 88

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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

Dark blue in css

Copy #021f2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #021f2d; }
.text { color: #021f2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #021f2d; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #021f2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #021f2d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #021f2d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #021f2d 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 dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #021f2d is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.