Steel blue

#296cae

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

Steel 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.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #296cae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#296cae

RGB41, 108, 174

HSL210, 62%, 42%

HSV210, 76%, 68%

CMYK76%, 38%, 0%, 32%

Lab44.59, 2.36, -41.19

XYZ13.92, 14.25, 42.06

Decimal2714798

Web safe#336699

Pantone300 C

Shades of steel blue

#25639f #225990 #1e5081 #1b4772 #173e63 #143454 #102b46 #0d2237 #091928 #060f19

Tints of steel blue

#2e7ac4 #3d88d1 #5496d7 #6aa3dc #80b1e1 #97bfe6 #adcdec #c4dbf1 #dae8f6 #f1f6fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#ae6b29 Analogous#29aeae Analogous#2929ae Triadic#ae296c Triadic#6cae29 Split complementary#ae2929 Split complementary#aead29

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 76, 38, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #296cae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 38 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 39 4 38

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 #296cae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #296cae; }
.text { color: #296cae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #296cae; }

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 #296cae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #296cae 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 #296cae 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 #296cae 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

Every value on this page for #296cae is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.