Steel blue

#238ebe

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

Steel blue is a deep blue that reads serious. 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 #238ebe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#238ebe

RGB35, 142, 190

HSL199, 69%, 44%

HSV199, 82%, 75%

CMYK82%, 25%, 0%, 25%

Lab55.5, -12.5, -33.25

XYZ19.66, 23.42, 52.2

Decimal2330302

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone640 C

Shades of steel blue

#2082ae #1d759d #1a698d #175d7c #14516c #11445c #0e384b #0b2c3b #08202a #05131a

Tints of steel blue

#279fd5 #3baadb #52b3df #69bde3 #7fc7e7 #96d1ec #acdbf0 #c3e5f4 #d9eff8 #f0f8fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#be5323 Analogous#23bea1 Analogous#2340be Triadic#be238e Triadic#8ebe23 Split complementary#be2340 Split complementary#bea123

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 82, 25, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #238ebe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 25 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 27 4 31

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 #238ebe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #238ebe; }
.text { color: #238ebe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #238ebe; }

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 #238ebe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #238ebe 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 #238ebe 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 #238ebe 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 #238ebe is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.