Steel blue

#329acd

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 200 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #329acd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#329acd

RGB50, 154, 205

HSL200, 61%, 50%

HSV200, 76%, 80%

CMYK76%, 25%, 0%, 20%

Lab60.07, -12.32, -34.57

XYZ23.89, 28.2, 61.94

Decimal3316429

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone299 C

Shades of steel blue

#2e8cbb #297fa9 #257197 #206485 #1c5673 #184961 #133b4f #0f2e3d #0a202b #061219

Tints of steel blue

#45a3d2 #58add6 #6bb6db #7ec0e0 #91c9e4 #a4d2e9 #b7dcee #cbe5f2 #deeff7 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#cd6532 Analogous#32cdb3 Analogous#324ccd Triadic#cd329a Triadic#9acd32 Split complementary#cd324c Split complementary#cdb332

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 76, 25, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #329acd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 25 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 27 4 26

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 #329acd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #329acd; }
.text { color: #329acd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #329acd; }

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 #329acd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #329acd 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 #329acd 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 #329acd 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 #329acd 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.