Steel blue

#137ab6

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 #137ab6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#137ab6

RGB19, 122, 182

HSL202, 81%, 39%

HSV202, 90%, 71%

CMYK90%, 33%, 0%, 29%

Lab48.8, -5.15, -39.2

XYZ15.67, 17.43, 46.8

Decimal1276598

Web safe#0066cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#1170a7 #106597 #0e5b88 #0d5178 #0b4669 #093c59 #08324a #06273b #051d2b #03131c

Tints of steel blue

#168cd0 #1c9ce7 #36a8ea #51b3ed #6bbff0 #85caf2 #a0d6f5 #bae1f8 #d4edfb #eff8fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#b64f13 Analogous#13b6a0 Analogous#1329b6 Triadic#b6137a Triadic#7ab613 Split complementary#b61328 Split complementary#b6a013

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, 33, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #137ab6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

90 33 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

87 34 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 #137ab6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #137ab6; }
.text { color: #137ab6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #137ab6; }

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 #137ab6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #137ab6 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 #137ab6 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 #137ab6 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 #137ab6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.