Steel blue

#288ca9

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

This is Steel blue, a strong teal at 193 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #288ca9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#288ca9

RGB40, 140, 169

HSL193, 62%, 41%

HSV193, 76%, 66%

CMYK76%, 17%, 0%, 34%

Lab54.1, -18.18, -23.41

XYZ17.41, 22.07, 40.88

Decimal2657449

Web safe#339999

Pantone640 C

Shades of steel blue

#25809b #21748c #1e687e #1a5c6f #175061 #144452 #103844 #0d2c36 #092027 #061419

Tints of steel blue

#2d9fc0 #39aed0 #50b8d6 #67c1db #7ecae0 #95d4e6 #acddeb #c3e6f1 #daf0f6 #f1f9fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#a94528 Analogous#28a986 Analogous#284ca9 Triadic#a9288c Triadic#8ca928 Split complementary#a9284b Split complementary#a98628

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 76, 17, 0, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #288ca9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 17 0 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 20 4 40

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 #288ca9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #288ca9; }
.text { color: #288ca9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #288ca9; }

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 #288ca9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #288ca9 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 #288ca9 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 #288ca9 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 #288ca9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.