Dark blue

#1809a0

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

This is Dark blue, a vivid blue at 246 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #1809a0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1809a0

RGB24, 9, 160

HSL246, 89%, 33%

HSV246, 94%, 63%

CMYK85%, 94%, 0%, 37%

Lab19.75, 53.66, -73.33

XYZ6.82, 2.93, 33.46

Decimal1575328

Web safe#000099

Pantone2738 C

Shades of dark blue

#160893 #140886 #120779 #10066c #0e055e #0c0551 #0a0444 #080337 #06022a #04021d

Tints of dark blue

#1d0bbf #210cdd #2e18f2 #4937f4 #6555f5 #8174f7 #9d92f9 #b8b1fb #d4d0fc #f0eefe

Colors that go with dark blue

Complementary#91a009 Analogous#0946a0 Analogous#6309a0 Triadic#a01809 Triadic#09a018 Split complementary#a06309 Split complementary#46a009

Dark blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 85, 94, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1809a0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 94 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 90 4 43

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.

Dark blue in css

Copy #1809a0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1809a0; }
.text { color: #1809a0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1809a0; }

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 #1809a0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1809a0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #1809a0 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #1809a0 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

The figures for #1809a0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.