Steel blue

#2098c8

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

Steel blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #2098c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2098c8

RGB32, 152, 200

HSL197, 72%, 45%

HSV197, 84%, 78%

CMYK84%, 24%, 0%, 22%

Lab58.91, -14.75, -33.59

XYZ22.25, 26.93, 58.67

Decimal2136264

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone299 C

Shades of steel blue

#1d8bb7 #1a7ea5 #187094 #156383 #125671 #0f4960 #0d3c4e #0a2e3d #07212c #04141a

Tints of steel blue

#26a8dc #3cb1e0 #53bae3 #69c3e7 #7fcceb #96d5ee #acdef2 #c3e7f5 #d9f0f9 #f0f9fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#c85020 Analogous#20c8a4 Analogous#2044c8 Triadic#c82098 Triadic#98c820 Split complementary#c82044 Split complementary#c8a420

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 84, 24, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2098c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 24 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 26 4 28

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Steel blue in css

Copy #2098c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2098c8; }
.text { color: #2098c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2098c8; }

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 #2098c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2098c8 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 #2098c8 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 #2098c8 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

Every value on this page for #2098c8 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.