Steel blue

#1d99ca

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, mid and strong. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #1d99ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1d99ca

RGB29, 153, 202

HSL197, 75%, 45%

HSV197, 86%, 79%

CMYK86%, 24%, 0%, 21%

Lab59.26, -14.82, -34.18

XYZ22.56, 27.31, 59.96

Decimal1939914

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone299 C

Shades of steel blue

#1a8cb8 #187ea7 #157195 #136484 #105772 #0e4961 #0b3c4f #092f3e #06222c #04141b

Tints of steel blue

#22aadf #39b2e3 #50bbe6 #66c4e9 #7dcdec #94d6f0 #abdff3 #c2e7f6 #d9f0f9 #eff9fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#ca4e1d Analogous#1dcaa5 Analogous#1d42ca Triadic#ca1d99 Triadic#99ca1d Split complementary#ca1d42 Split complementary#caa51d

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 86, 24, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1d99ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

86 24 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

83 26 4 27

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.

Steel blue in css

Copy #1d99ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1d99ca; }
.text { color: #1d99ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1d99ca; }

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 #1d99ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1d99ca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #1d99ca 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #1d99ca 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 #1d99ca 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.