Steel blue

#1371bb

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 weighty. 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 #1371bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1371bb

RGB19, 113, 187

HSL206, 82%, 40%

HSV206, 90%, 73%

CMYK90%, 40%, 0%, 27%

Lab46.36, 2.26, -45.97

XYZ15.14, 15.54, 49.21

Decimal1274299

Web safe#0066cc

Pantone300 C

Shades of steel blue

#1167ab #105e9b #0e548b #0d4b7b #0b416b #09375b #082e4c #06243c #041a2c #03111c

Tints of steel blue

#1681d5 #1f90e8 #399deb #53a9ee #6db6f0 #87c3f3 #a1d0f5 #bbddf8 #d5eafb #eff7fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#bb5d13 Analogous#13bbb1 Analogous#131dbb Triadic#bb1371 Triadic#71bb13 Split complementary#bb131d Split complementary#bbb113

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 90, 40, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1371bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

90 40 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

87 41 4 33

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 #1371bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1371bb; }
.text { color: #1371bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1371bb; }

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 #1371bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1371bb 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 #1371bb 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 #1371bb 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 #1371bb 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.