Steel blue

#30809f

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

Steel blue is a deep blue that reads rich. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #30809f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#30809f

RGB48, 128, 159

HSL197, 54%, 41%

HSV197, 70%, 62%

CMYK70%, 19%, 0%, 38%

Lab50.18, -13.89, -23.66

XYZ15.2, 18.57, 35.58

Decimal3178655

Web safe#339999

Pantone633 C

Shades of steel blue

#2c7591 #286a84 #245f76 #205469 #1c495b #173f4e #133440 #0f2933 #0b1e25 #071318

Tints of steel blue

#3792b5 #42a1c6 #58accd #6eb7d3 #84c2da #9acde0 #b0d8e7 #c5e2ee #dbedf4 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#9f4f30 Analogous#309f87 Analogous#30489f Triadic#9f3080 Triadic#809f30 Split complementary#9f3048 Split complementary#9f8730

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 70, 19, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #30809f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 19 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 21 4 44

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 #30809f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #30809f; }
.text { color: #30809f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #30809f; }

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 #30809f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #30809f 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 #30809f 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 #30809f 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 #30809f 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. 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.