Steel blue

#0894b5

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 #0894b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0894b5

RGB8, 148, 181

HSL191, 92%, 37%

HSV191, 96%, 71%

CMYK96%, 18%, 0%, 29%

Lab56.65, -20.64, -26.38

XYZ19.03, 24.57, 47.46

Decimal562357

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone313 C

Shades of steel blue

#0788a6 #077b97 #066f87 #056278 #055669 #044a5a #033d4b #03313c #02242c #01181d

Tints of steel blue

#09acd2 #0bc3ef #23cdf5 #40d4f7 #5ddaf8 #7ae1f9 #97e7fa #b4eefc #d1f5fd #eefbfe

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#b52908 Analogous#08b580 Analogous#083db5 Triadic#b50894 Triadic#94b508 Split complementary#b5083d Split complementary#b57f08

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 96, 18, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0894b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

96 18 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

92 21 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 #0894b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0894b5; }
.text { color: #0894b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0894b5; }

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 #0894b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0894b5 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 #0894b5 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 #0894b5 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 #0894b5 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 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.