Steel blue

#0396c5

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 rich. 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 #0396c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0396c5

RGB3, 150, 197

HSL195, 97%, 39%

HSV195, 98%, 77%

CMYK98%, 24%, 0%, 23%

Lab57.91, -16.19, -33.49

XYZ21.02, 25.86, 56.71

Decimal235205

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone640 C

Shades of steel blue

#0389b4 #027da4 #027093 #026382 #025672 #014a61 #013d50 #013040 #01242f #00171e

Tints of steel blue

#03ace2 #07c0fb #24c7fc #41cffc #5ed6fd #7addfd #97e5fd #b4ecfe #d1f3fe #edfbff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#c53203 Analogous#03c593 Analogous#0335c5 Triadic#c50396 Triadic#96c503 Split complementary#c50335 Split complementary#c59303

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 98, 24, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0396c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 24 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 26 4 29

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 #0396c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0396c5; }
.text { color: #0396c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0396c5; }

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 #0396c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0396c5 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 #0396c5 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 #0396c5 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 #0396c5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.