Steel blue

#1e748e

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

Steel blue lands where green meets blue, deep and strong. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #1e748e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1e748e

RGB30, 116, 142

HSL194, 65%, 34%

HSV194, 79%, 56%

CMYK79%, 18%, 0%, 44%

Lab45.25, -15.54, -21.31

XYZ11.66, 14.72, 27.82

Decimal1995918

Web safe#336699

Pantone633 C

Shades of steel blue

#1c6a82 #196177 #17576b #144e5f #124454 #0f3b48 #0d313c #0a2831 #081e25 #051519

Tints of steel blue

#248aa8 #299fc3 #37b0d5 #52bbda #6cc5e0 #87cfe6 #a1daeb #bbe4f1 #d6eff6 #f0f9fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#8e381e Analogous#1e8e70 Analogous#1e3c8e Triadic#8e1e74 Triadic#748e1e Split complementary#8e1e3c Split complementary#8e701e

Steel 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 79, 18, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1e748e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 18 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 21 4 50

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.

Steel blue in css

Copy #1e748e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1e748e; }
.text { color: #1e748e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1e748e; }

How steel blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #1e748e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1e748e 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 #1e748e 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 #1e748e 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #1e748e 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.