Steel blue

#307fe8

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

Steel blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. 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 #307fe8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#307fe8

RGB48, 127, 232

HSL214, 80%, 55%

HSV214, 79%, 91%

CMYK79%, 45%, 0%, 9%

Lab53.64, 13.1, -59.87

XYZ23.37, 21.63, 79.29

Decimal3178472

Web safe#3366ff

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#1a71e6 #1766cf #155bb9 #1250a2 #10458c #0d3a75 #0b2f5f #082448 #061932 #030e1c

Tints of steel blue

#438bea #5697ec #69a2ee #7caef0 #8fbaf3 #a3c6f5 #b6d2f7 #c9ddf9 #dce9fb #eff5fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#e89930 Analogous#30dbe8 Analogous#3d30e8 Triadic#e8307f Triadic#7fe830 Split complementary#e83d30 Split complementary#dbe830

Steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 79, 45, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #307fe8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 45 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 45 4 15

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Steel blue in css

Copy #307fe8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #307fe8; }
.text { color: #307fe8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #307fe8; }

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 #307fe8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #307fe8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #307fe8 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #307fe8 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

The figures for #307fe8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.