Steel blue

#2f7fba

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 blue at 205 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #2f7fba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f7fba

RGB47, 127, 186

HSL205, 60%, 46%

HSV205, 75%, 73%

CMYK75%, 32%, 0%, 27%

Lab51.07, -3.97, -37.89

XYZ17.62, 19.33, 49.26

Decimal3112890

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#2b74aa #27699a #235e8a #1f5379 #1b4869 #173d59 #123249 #0e2739 #0a1c29 #061118

Tints of steel blue

#378dcc #4b99d2 #60a4d7 #75b0dc #89bce1 #9ec8e6 #b3d4ec #c7dff1 #dcebf6 #f1f7fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#ba6a2f Analogous#2fbab0 Analogous#2f39ba Triadic#ba2f7f Triadic#7fba2f Split complementary#ba2f39 Split complementary#baaf2f

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 75, 32, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f7fba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 32 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 33 4 33

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 #2f7fba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f7fba; }
.text { color: #2f7fba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f7fba; }

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 #2f7fba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f7fba 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 #2f7fba 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 #2f7fba 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 #2f7fba are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.