Deep blue

#353841

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

Deep blue is a deep blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #353841, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#353841

RGB53, 56, 65

HSL225, 10%, 23%

HSV225, 18%, 25%

CMYK18%, 14%, 0%, 75%

Lab23.56, 0.99, -6.01

XYZ3.84, 3.97, 5.56

Decimal3487809

Web safe#333333

Pantone532 C

Shades of deep blue

#31343c #2d3037 #292c33 #25272e #212329 #1d1f24 #1a1b1f #16171a #121316 #0e0f11

Tints of deep blue

#464a56 #575c6a #676d7f #7a8092 #8e93a3 #a3a7b4 #b7bbc5 #ccced5 #e1e2e6 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#413e35 Analogous#353e41 Analogous#383541 Triadic#413538 Triadic#384135 Split complementary#413835 Split complementary#3e4135

Deep blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 14, 0, 75.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #353841 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 14 0 75

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 17 4 81

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

Deep blue in css

Copy #353841 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #353841; }
.text { color: #353841; }
.border { border: 2px solid #353841; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #353841 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #353841 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #353841 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #353841 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 deep blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #353841 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.