Steel blue

#336faa

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

This is Steel blue, a soft blue at 210 degrees. 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 #336faa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#336faa

RGB51, 111, 170

HSL210, 54%, 43%

HSV210, 70%, 67%

CMYK70%, 35%, 0%, 33%

Lab45.6, 0.45, -37.23

XYZ14.31, 14.97, 40.17

Decimal3370922

Web safe#336699

Pantone300 C

Shades of steel blue

#2f659b #2a5c8d #26527e #21496f #1d3f61 #193652 #142c43 #102235 #0b1926 #070f18

Tints of steel blue

#397dbf #4a8ac9 #5f98cf #74a5d5 #89b3dc #9ec0e2 #b3cee8 #c8dbee #dce9f5 #f1f6fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#aa6e33 Analogous#33aaaa Analogous#3333aa Triadic#aa336f Triadic#6faa33 Split complementary#aa3333 Split complementary#aaaa33

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 70, 35, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #336faa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 35 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 36 4 39

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 #336faa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #336faa; }
.text { color: #336faa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #336faa; }

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 #336faa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #336faa 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 #336faa 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 #336faa 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 #336faa 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.