Steel blue

#087cb4

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 blue at 200 degrees. 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 #087cb4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#087cb4

RGB8, 124, 180

HSL200, 91%, 37%

HSV200, 96%, 71%

CMYK96%, 31%, 0%, 29%

Lab49.21, -7.62, -37.42

XYZ15.55, 17.76, 45.79

Decimal556212

Web safe#0066cc

Pantone307 C

Shades of steel blue

#0772a5 #076796 #065d87 #055278 #054869 #043e5a #03334b #03293b #021f2c #01141d

Tints of steel blue

#0990d1 #0ba4ee #22b0f5 #3fbbf6 #5cc5f8 #79d0f9 #97dafa #b4e4fc #d1effd #eef9fe

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#b44008 Analogous#08b496 Analogous#0826b4 Triadic#b4087c Triadic#7cb408 Split complementary#b40826 Split complementary#b49608

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 96, 31, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #087cb4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

96 31 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

92 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 #087cb4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #087cb4; }
.text { color: #087cb4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #087cb4; }

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 #087cb4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #087cb4 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 #087cb4 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 #087cb4 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 #087cb4 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.