Steel blue

#327bc2

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 210 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 #327bc2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#327bc2

RGB50, 123, 194

HSL210, 59%, 48%

HSV210, 74%, 76%

CMYK74%, 37%, 0%, 24%

Lab50.38, 1.73, -43.57

XYZ18.14, 18.74, 53.7

Decimal3308482

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#2e70b1 #2965a0 #255b8f #21507e #1c456d #183a5c #13304b #0f253a #0b1a29 #060f18

Tints of steel blue

#3f87ce #5394d3 #67a0d8 #7aacdd #8eb9e2 #a2c5e7 #b6d1ec #c9def1 #ddeaf6 #f1f6fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#c27932 Analogous#32c2c1 Analogous#3233c2 Triadic#c2327b Triadic#7bc232 Split complementary#c23233 Split complementary#c2c132

Steel 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 74, 37, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #327bc2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 37 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 38 4 30

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 #327bc2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #327bc2; }
.text { color: #327bc2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #327bc2; }

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 #327bc2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #327bc2 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 #327bc2 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 #327bc2 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

Every value on this page for #327bc2 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.