Deep blue

#256280

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

Deep blue sits in the blue band, deep and strong. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #256280, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#256280

RGB37, 98, 128

HSL200, 55%, 32%

HSV200, 71%, 50%

CMYK71%, 23%, 0%, 50%

Lab39.05, -9.15, -22.46

XYZ9.03, 10.69, 22.01

Decimal2450048

Web safe#336699

Pantone308 C

Shades of deep blue

#225a76 #1f526b #1c4a61 #194256 #163a4c #133241 #102a37 #0d222d #0a1a22 #071218

Tints of deep blue

#2c7599 #3489b3 #409bc8 #59a8cf #72b5d6 #8cc3de #a5d0e5 #beddec #d8eaf4 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#804325 Analogous#258071 Analogous#253480 Triadic#802562 Triadic#628025 Split complementary#802535 Split complementary#807025

Deep blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 71, 23, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #256280 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 23 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 25 4 56

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.

Deep blue in css

Copy #256280 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #256280; }
.text { color: #256280; }
.border { border: 2px solid #256280; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #256280 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #256280 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #256280 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #256280 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 deep blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #256280 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.