Deep blue

#156887

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

Deep blue sits in the blue band, deep and strong. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #156887, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#156887

RGB21, 104, 135

HSL196, 73%, 31%

HSV196, 84%, 53%

CMYK84%, 23%, 0%, 47%

Lab40.91, -12.19, -23.84

XYZ9.63, 11.81, 24.69

Decimal1403015

Web safe#006699

Pantone634 C

Shades of deep blue

#13607c #125771 #104f66 #0e475c #0d3e51 #0b3646 #092d3b #072530 #061d25 #04141a

Tints of deep blue

#1a7ea4 #1e95c1 #24abdd #41b6e1 #5ec1e6 #7bccea #98d7ef #b5e3f4 #d2eef8 #f0f9fd

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#873415 Analogous#15876d Analogous#152f87 Triadic#871568 Triadic#688715 Split complementary#87152f Split complementary#876d15

Deep blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 84, 23, 0, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #156887 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 23 0 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 25 4 53

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.

Deep blue in css

Copy #156887 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #156887; }
.text { color: #156887; }
.border { border: 2px solid #156887; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #156887 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #156887 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #156887 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #156887 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 deep blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #156887 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.