Steel blue

#0c7db4

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 #0c7db4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0c7db4

RGB12, 125, 180

HSL200, 88%, 38%

HSV200, 93%, 71%

CMYK93%, 31%, 0%, 29%

Lab49.55, -8.05, -36.88

XYZ15.72, 18.04, 45.83

Decimal818612

Web safe#0066cc

Pantone307 C

Shades of steel blue

#0b72a5 #0a6896 #095d87 #085377 #074868 #063e59 #05334a #04293b #031e2c #02141d

Tints of steel blue

#0e91d0 #10a4ec #29aff1 #45baf3 #62c4f5 #7ecff6 #9ad9f8 #b6e4fa #d2eefc #eef9fe

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#b4430c Analogous#0cb497 Analogous#0c29b4 Triadic#b40c7d Triadic#7db40c Split complementary#b40c29 Split complementary#b4970c

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 93, 31, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0c7db4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

93 31 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

90 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Steel blue in css

Copy #0c7db4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0c7db4; }
.text { color: #0c7db4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0c7db4; }

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 #0c7db4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0c7db4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #0c7db4 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #0c7db4 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 #0c7db4 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.