Steel blue

#2d80eb

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, mid and vivid. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #2d80eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2d80eb

RGB45, 128, 235

HSL214, 83%, 55%

HSV214, 81%, 92%

CMYK81%, 46%, 0%, 8%

Lab54.02, 13.32, -60.93

XYZ23.8, 21.99, 81.59

Decimal2982123

Web safe#3399ff

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#1672e9 #1467d2 #125cbb #1051a5 #0e468e #0b3a77 #092f60 #072449 #051933 #030e1c

Tints of steel blue

#408ced #5497ef #67a3f1 #7aaff2 #8ebbf4 #a1c6f6 #b5d2f8 #c8defa #dbe9fc #eff5fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#eb982d Analogous#2ddfeb Analogous#392deb Triadic#eb2d80 Triadic#80eb2d Split complementary#eb392d Split complementary#dfeb2d

Steel blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 81, 46, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2d80eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

81 46 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 46 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #2d80eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2d80eb; }
.text { color: #2d80eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2d80eb; }

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 #2d80eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2d80eb 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 #2d80eb 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 #2d80eb 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

Here is how the numbers for #2d80eb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.