Steel blue

#047fa3

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 teal at 194 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #047fa3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#047fa3

RGB4, 127, 163

HSL194, 95%, 33%

HSV194, 98%, 64%

CMYK98%, 22%, 0%, 36%

Lab49.31, -15.9, -27.39

XYZ14.25, 17.85, 37.34

Decimal294819

Web safe#006699

Pantone307 C

Shades of steel blue

#047596 #036a88 #03607b #03566e #024b60 #024153 #023646 #012c38 #01222b #01171e

Tints of steel blue

#0598c3 #06b0e2 #0fc4f9 #2fccfa #4fd4fb #6fdcfb #8ee3fc #aeebfd #cef3fe #eefbff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#a32804 Analogous#04a377 Analogous#0430a3 Triadic#a3047f Triadic#7fa304 Split complementary#a30430 Split complementary#a37704

Steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 98, 22, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #047fa3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 22 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 24 4 42

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 #047fa3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #047fa3; }
.text { color: #047fa3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #047fa3; }

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 #047fa3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #047fa3 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 #047fa3 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 #047fa3 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

The figures for #047fa3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.