Deep blue

#1c538a

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

Deep blue is a deep blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #1c538a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1c538a

RGB28, 83, 138

HSL210, 66%, 33%

HSV210, 80%, 54%

CMYK80%, 40%, 0%, 46%

Lab34.54, 2.74, -35.68

XYZ8.16, 8.27, 25.21

Decimal1856394

Web safe#336699

Pantone647 C

Shades of deep blue

#1a4c7f #174573 #153f68 #13385d #113152 #0e2a46 #0c243b #0a1d30 #071625 #050f19

Tints of deep blue

#2263a5 #2774c0 #3284d5 #4d94db #69a5e0 #84b5e6 #9fc5eb #bad5f1 #d5e6f6 #f0f6fc

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#8a531c Analogous#1c8a8a Analogous#1c1c8a Triadic#8a1c53 Triadic#538a1c Split complementary#8a1c1c Split complementary#8a8a1c

Deep blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 80, 40, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1c538a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 40 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 41 4 52

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Deep blue in css

Copy #1c538a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1c538a; }
.text { color: #1c538a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1c538a; }

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 #1c538a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1c538a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #1c538a 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #1c538a 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

Here is how the numbers for #1c538a 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.