Steel blue

#2177a0

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

This is Steel blue, a strong blue at 199 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #2177a0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2177a0

RGB33, 119, 160

HSL199, 66%, 38%

HSV199, 79%, 63%

CMYK79%, 26%, 0%, 37%

Lab47.05, -10.43, -29.13

XYZ13.57, 16.06, 35.64

Decimal2193312

Web safe#336699

Pantone307 C

Shades of steel blue

#1e6d93 #1b6385 #195978 #164f6a #13455d #103b4f #0e3142 #0b2734 #081d27 #051319

Tints of steel blue

#2689b9 #2b9cd2 #43a8d8 #5bb3dd #74bfe2 #8dcae7 #a6d6ed #bfe1f2 #d7edf7 #f0f8fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#a04a21 Analogous#21a08a Analogous#2137a0 Triadic#a02177 Triadic#77a021 Split complementary#a02137 Split complementary#a08a21

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, 26, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2177a0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 26 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 28 4 43

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 #2177a0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2177a0; }
.text { color: #2177a0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2177a0; }

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 #2177a0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2177a0 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 #2177a0 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 #2177a0 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 #2177a0 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.