Deep blue

#2f586e

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 #2f586e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f586e

RGB47, 88, 110

HSL201, 40%, 31%

HSV201, 57%, 43%

CMYK57%, 20%, 0%, 57%

Lab35.42, -7.4, -16.97

XYZ7.48, 8.71, 16.04

Decimal3102830

Web safe#336666

Pantone5405 C

Shades of deep blue

#2b5165 #274a5c #244353 #203c4b #1c3542 #182d39 #152630 #111f27 #0d181e #091115

Tints of deep blue

#396b85 #437e9d #4e90b3 #669fbd #7daec7 #95bcd2 #accbdc #c4dae6 #dbe8f0 #f2f7fa

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#6e452f Analogous#2f6e65 Analogous#2f386e Triadic#6e2f58 Triadic#586e2f Split complementary#6e2f38 Split complementary#6e652f

Deep blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 57, 20, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f586e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 20 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 22 4 63

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 #2f586e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f586e; }
.text { color: #2f586e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f586e; }

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 #2f586e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f586e 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 #2f586e 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 #2f586e 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #2f586e are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.