Steel blue

#028fbf

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 serious. 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 #028fbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#028fbf

RGB2, 143, 191

HSL195, 98%, 38%

HSV195, 99%, 75%

CMYK99%, 25%, 0%, 25%

Lab55.5, -14.56, -33.85

XYZ19.25, 23.42, 52.8

Decimal167871

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone640 C

Shades of steel blue

#0283af #02779f #016b8f #015f7f #01536f #01475f #013b4e #012f3e #00232e #00171e

Tints of steel blue

#02a5dd #03bbfa #1ec4fd #3cccfd #59d4fd #77dbfe #95e3fe #b2ebfe #d0f3ff #edfaff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#bf3202 Analogous#02bf90 Analogous#0231bf Triadic#bf028f Triadic#8fbf02 Split complementary#bf0231 Split complementary#bf9102

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 99, 25, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #028fbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

99 25 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

95 27 4 31

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 #028fbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #028fbf; }
.text { color: #028fbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #028fbf; }

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 #028fbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #028fbf 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 #028fbf 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 #028fbf 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 #028fbf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.