Steel blue

#2177d5

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 211 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #2177d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2177d5

RGB33, 119, 213

HSL211, 73%, 48%

HSV211, 85%, 84%

CMYK85%, 44%, 0%, 16%

Lab49.88, 9.57, -55.22

XYZ19.23, 18.32, 65.47

Decimal2193365

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#1e6dc2 #1b62b0 #18589d #154d8a #134378 #103865 #0d2e52 #0a2440 #07192d #040f1a

Tints of steel blue

#3083df #4590e2 #5a9de5 #70aae9 #85b6ec #9ac3ef #b0d0f3 #c5dcf6 #dae9f9 #f0f6fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#d57f21 Analogous#21d1d5 Analogous#2521d5 Triadic#d52177 Triadic#77d521 Split complementary#d52521 Split complementary#d1d521

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 85, 44, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2177d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 44 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 44 4 22

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Steel blue in css

Copy #2177d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2177d5; }
.text { color: #2177d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2177d5; }

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 #2177d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2177d5 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 #2177d5 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 #2177d5 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 #2177d5 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.