Deep blue

#285d82

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 #285d82, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#285d82

RGB40, 93, 130

HSL205, 53%, 33%

HSV205, 69%, 51%

CMYK69%, 28%, 0%, 49%

Lab37.65, -4.88, -25.86

XYZ8.82, 9.89, 22.56

Decimal2645378

Web safe#336699

Pantone647 C

Shades of deep blue

#255577 #214e6d #1e4662 #1b3e57 #18374d #142f42 #112837 #0e202d #0a1822 #071117

Tints of deep blue

#306f9b #3780b3 #4591c6 #5e9fcd #76aed5 #8fbddc #a7cbe4 #c0daec #d9e8f3 #f1f7fb

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#824d28 Analogous#28827a Analogous#283082 Triadic#82285d Triadic#5d8228 Split complementary#822830 Split complementary#827a28

Deep 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 69, 28, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #285d82 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 28 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 30 4 55

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 #285d82 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #285d82; }
.text { color: #285d82; }
.border { border: 2px solid #285d82; }

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 #285d82 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #285d82 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 #285d82 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 #285d82 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 #285d82 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.