Steel blue

#269abe

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

Steel blue is a mid teal, balanced between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #269abe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#269abe

RGB38, 154, 190

HSL194, 67%, 45%

HSV194, 80%, 75%

CMYK80%, 19%, 0%, 25%

Lab59.2, -18.77, -27.51

XYZ21.65, 27.24, 52.83

Decimal2529982

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone639 C

Shades of steel blue

#238dae #1f7f9d #1c728d #19657c #16576c #124a5b #0f3d4b #0c2f3a #08222a #051519

Tints of steel blue

#2aacd4 #40b5d9 #56bddd #6cc6e2 #82cee6 #98d7ea #aedfef #c4e8f3 #daf1f8 #f0f9fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#be4a26 Analogous#26be96 Analogous#264ebe Triadic#be269a Triadic#9abe26 Split complementary#be264e Split complementary#be9626

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 80, 19, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #269abe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 19 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 21 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Steel blue in css

Copy #269abe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #269abe; }
.text { color: #269abe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #269abe; }

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 #269abe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #269abe 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 #269abe 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 #269abe 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 #269abe 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.