Steel blue

#10659b

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

Steel blue sits in the blue band, deep and vivid. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #10659b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#10659b

RGB16, 101, 155

HSL203, 81%, 34%

HSV203, 90%, 61%

CMYK90%, 35%, 0%, 39%

Lab40.87, -3.08, -35.9

XYZ10.78, 11.78, 32.72

Decimal1074587

Web safe#006699

Pantone301 C

Shades of steel blue

#0f5d8e #0d5482 #0c4c75 #0b4468 #093c5b #08334f #072b42 #052335 #041a28 #03121c

Tints of steel blue

#1378b8 #168bd5 #239ce8 #40a9eb #5db6ee #7ac3f1 #97d0f4 #b5ddf7 #d2ebfa #eff8fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#9b4610 Analogous#109b8c Analogous#101f9b Triadic#9b1065 Triadic#659b10 Split complementary#9b101f Split complementary#9b8c10

Steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 90, 35, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #10659b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

90 35 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

87 36 4 45

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 #10659b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #10659b; }
.text { color: #10659b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #10659b; }

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 #10659b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #10659b 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 #10659b 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 #10659b 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 #10659b is computed, not guessed. 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.