Steel blue

#057a97

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Steel blue is a deep teal, weighty between blue and green. 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 #057a97, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#057a97

RGB5, 122, 151

HSL192, 94%, 31%

HSV192, 97%, 59%

CMYK97%, 19%, 0%, 41%

Lab47.22, -17.49, -23.61

XYZ12.61, 16.19, 31.74

Decimal359063

Web safe#006699

Pantone633 C

Shades of steel blue

#05708b #04667f #045d73 #035366 #03495a #033f4e #023542 #022c36 #01222a #01181e

Tints of steel blue

#0694b8 #07afd8 #0ac8f7 #2acff8 #4bd6f9 #6cdefa #8ce5fb #adecfc #cdf4fd #eefbfe

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#972205 Analogous#05976b Analogous#053197 Triadic#97057a Triadic#7a9705 Split complementary#970531 Split complementary#976b05

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 97, 19, 0, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #057a97 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

97 19 0 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

93 21 4 47

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 #057a97 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #057a97; }
.text { color: #057a97; }
.border { border: 2px solid #057a97; }

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 #057a97 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #057a97 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 #057a97 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 #057a97 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 #057a97 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.