Deep blue

#305e80

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #305e80, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#305e80

RGB48, 94, 128

HSL206, 45%, 35%

HSV206, 63%, 50%

CMYK63%, 27%, 0%, 50%

Lab38.19, -4.67, -23.77

XYZ9.12, 10.19, 21.91

Decimal3169920

Web safe#336699

Pantone647 C

Shades of deep blue

#2c5675 #284e6b #244760 #203f56 #1c374b #182f41 #142836 #10202b #0c1821 #081016

Tints of deep blue

#396f97 #4180ae #5190be #689ec6 #7fadcf #96bcd8 #adcae0 #c4d9e9 #dbe8f2 #f2f7fa

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#805230 Analogous#30807a Analogous#303680 Triadic#80305e Triadic#5e8030 Split complementary#803036 Split complementary#807a30

Deep blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 62, 27, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #305e80 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 27 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 29 4 56

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 #305e80 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #305e80; }
.text { color: #305e80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #305e80; }

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 #305e80 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #305e80 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 #305e80 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 #305e80 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #305e80 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.