Steel blue

#2091bc

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 #2091bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2091bc

RGB32, 145, 188

HSL197, 71%, 43%

HSV197, 83%, 74%

CMYK83%, 23%, 0%, 26%

Lab56.28, -15.14, -30.91

XYZ19.8, 24.19, 51.2

Decimal2134460

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone640 C

Shades of steel blue

#1d85ac #1a789c #186c8b #155f7b #12536b #0f465b #0d3a4b #0a2d3b #07212a #04141a

Tints of steel blue

#24a3d3 #36afdd #4db8e1 #64c1e5 #7bcbe9 #93d4ed #aaddf1 #c1e6f4 #d8f0f8 #f0f9fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#bc4b20 Analogous#20bc99 Analogous#2043bc Triadic#bc2091 Triadic#91bc20 Split complementary#bc2043 Split complementary#bc9920

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 83, 23, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2091bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 23 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 25 4 32

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 #2091bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2091bc; }
.text { color: #2091bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2091bc; }

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 #2091bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2091bc 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 #2091bc 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 #2091bc 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

Here is how the numbers for #2091bc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.