Dark blue

#173c4b

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

Dark blue is a dark blue that reads anchoring. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #173c4b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#173c4b

RGB23, 60, 75

HSL197, 53%, 19%

HSV197, 69%, 29%

CMYK69%, 20%, 0%, 71%

Lab23.41, -7.77, -13.09

XYZ3.24, 3.92, 7.24

Decimal1522763

Web safe#003333

Pantone546 C

Shades of dark blue

#153846 #143441 #12303c #112b36 #0f2731 #0e232c #0c1f27 #0a1b22 #09171d #071317

Tints of dark blue

#205469 #2a6c87 #3384a5 #3c9cc3 #5baccd #79bbd6 #97cadf #b5dae8 #d3e9f2 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with dark blue

Complementary#4b2617 Analogous#174b40 Analogous#17224b Triadic#4b173c Triadic#3c4b17 Split complementary#4b1722 Split complementary#4b4017

Dark blue in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 69, 20, 0, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #173c4b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 20 0 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 22 4 77

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark blue in css

Copy #173c4b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #173c4b; }
.text { color: #173c4b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #173c4b; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #173c4b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #173c4b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #173c4b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #173c4b 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 dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #173c4b are worked out. 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.