Steel blue

#047bb6

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 weighty. 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 #047bb6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#047bb6

RGB4, 123, 182

HSL200, 96%, 36%

HSV200, 98%, 71%

CMYK98%, 32%, 0%, 29%

Lab48.97, -6.42, -38.95

XYZ15.58, 17.57, 46.83

Decimal293814

Web safe#0066cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#0471a7 #036698 #035c88 #035279 #02486a #023d5b #02334c #01293c #011f2d #01141e

Tints of steel blue

#058fd4 #05a3f2 #1cb0fa #3abbfb #58c5fb #76cffc #94dafd #b2e4fd #d0effe #eef9ff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#b63f04 Analogous#04b698 Analogous#0422b6 Triadic#b6047b Triadic#7bb604 Split complementary#b60422 Split complementary#b69804

Steel blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 98, 32, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #047bb6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 32 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 33 4 35

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 #047bb6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #047bb6; }
.text { color: #047bb6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #047bb6; }

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 #047bb6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #047bb6 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 #047bb6 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 #047bb6 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 #047bb6 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.