Steel blue

#0496cf

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #0496cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0496cf

RGB4, 150, 207

HSL197, 96%, 41%

HSV197, 98%, 81%

CMYK98%, 28%, 0%, 19%

Lab58.36, -12.51, -38.4

XYZ22.22, 26.34, 62.95

Decimal300751

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone299 C

Shades of steel blue

#0489bd #037cac #03709a #036388 #025677 #024965 #023c53 #012f41 #012330 #01161e

Tints of steel blue

#05aaeb #11b9fa #2cc1fb #48c9fb #64d1fc #7fd9fd #9be1fd #b6eafe #d2f2fe #edfaff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#cf3d04 Analogous#04cfa2 Analogous#0431cf Triadic#cf0496 Triadic#96cf04 Split complementary#cf0431 Split complementary#cfa304

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, 28, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0496cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 28 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 30 4 25

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 #0496cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0496cf; }
.text { color: #0496cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0496cf; }

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 #0496cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0496cf 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 #0496cf 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 #0496cf 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 #0496cf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.