Deep blue

#26344c

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 soft. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #26344c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#26344c

RGB38, 52, 76

HSL218, 33%, 22%

HSV218, 50%, 30%

CMYK50%, 32%, 0%, 70%

Lab21.54, 1.82, -16.58

XYZ3.33, 3.39, 7.32

Decimal2503756

Web safe#333333

Pantone533 C

Shades of deep blue

#202c41#1e293b#182130#131925#101620#0d121a#0a0e14

Tints of deep blue

#334565#3f567e#4c6898#5c7aad#758eba#8ea3c7#a7b8d3#c1cce0#dae1ec#f3f5f9

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#4c3e26Analogous#26474cAnalogous#2b264cTriadic#4c2634Triadic#344c26Split complementary#4c2b26Split complementary#474c26

Deep blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 50, 32, 0, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #26344c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 32 0 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 33 4 76

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.

Deep blue in css

Copy #26344c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #26344c; }
.text { color: #26344c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #26344c; }

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 #26344c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #26344c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #26344c 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #26344c 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

The figures for #26344c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.