Steel blue

#1f8aaf

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, deep and strong. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #1f8aaf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1f8aaf

RGB31, 138, 175

HSL195, 70%, 40%

HSV195, 82%, 69%

CMYK82%, 21%, 0%, 31%

Lab53.56, -15.97, -27.71

XYZ17.39, 21.56, 43.8

Decimal2067119

Web safe#339999

Pantone640 C

Shades of steel blue

#1c7ea0 #1a7291 #176782 #145b73 #124f64 #0f4356 #0d3847 #0a2c38 #072029 #05141a

Tints of steel blue

#239dc7 #2daeda #46b7de #5ec0e2 #76cae7 #8fd3eb #a7ddef #bfe6f4 #d8f0f8 #f0f9fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#af441f Analogous#1faf8c Analogous#1f42af Triadic#af1f8a Triadic#8aaf1f Split complementary#af1f42 Split complementary#af8c1f

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 82, 21, 0, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1f8aaf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 21 0 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 23 4 37

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.

Steel blue in css

Copy #1f8aaf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1f8aaf; }
.text { color: #1f8aaf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1f8aaf; }

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 #1f8aaf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1f8aaf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #1f8aaf 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #1f8aaf 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

Here is how the numbers for #1f8aaf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.