Steel blue

#2380da

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 210 degrees. 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 #2380da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2380da

RGB35, 128, 218

HSL210, 72%, 50%

HSV210, 84%, 85%

CMYK84%, 41%, 0%, 15%

Lab52.79, 6.07, -53.38

XYZ21.07, 20.86, 69.25

Decimal2326746

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#2075c7 #1d69b4 #1a5ea1 #17538d #14487a #113c67 #0d3154 #0a2641 #071b2e #040f1a

Tints of steel blue

#368cdf #4b98e2 #5fa3e5 #74afe9 #89bbec #9dc7ef #b2d3f3 #c6dff6 #dbeaf9 #f0f6fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#da7d23 Analogous#23dad9 Analogous#2324da Triadic#da2380 Triadic#80da23 Split complementary#da2324 Split complementary#dad923

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, 41, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2380da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 41 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 42 4 21

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 #2380da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2380da; }
.text { color: #2380da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2380da; }

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 #2380da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2380da 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 #2380da 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 #2380da 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

The figures for #2380da come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.