Steel blue

#2385ca

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 205 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 #2385ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2385ca

RGB35, 133, 202

HSL205, 70%, 46%

HSV205, 83%, 79%

CMYK83%, 34%, 0%, 21%

Lab53.38, -2.95, -43.4

XYZ19.74, 21.4, 58.97

Decimal2328010

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#2079b8 #1d6ea7 #1a6295 #175784 #144b72 #114060 #0e344f #0b283d #081d2c #05111a

Tints of steel blue

#2c92da #429ede #58a9e2 #6db4e6 #83bfea #99caed #afd6f1 #c4e1f5 #daecf9 #f0f7fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#ca6823 Analogous#23cabc Analogous#2331ca Triadic#ca2385 Triadic#85ca23 Split complementary#ca2331 Split complementary#cabc23

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 83, 34, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2385ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 34 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 35 4 27

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 #2385ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2385ca; }
.text { color: #2385ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2385ca; }

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 #2385ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2385ca 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 #2385ca 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 #2385ca 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 #2385ca are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.