Steel blue

#3590cc

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

Steel blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #3590cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3590cc

RGB53, 144, 204

HSL204, 60%, 50%

HSV204, 74%, 80%

CMYK74%, 29%, 0%, 20%

Lab57.14, -6.67, -38.58

XYZ22.34, 25.06, 60.79

Decimal3510476

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone2925 C

Shades of steel blue

#2f84bb #2b77a9 #266a97 #225d85 #1d5173 #184461 #14374f #0f2b3d #0b1e2b #061118

Tints of steel blue

#489ad1 #5ba5d5 #6dafda #80b9df #93c4e4 #a6cee8 #b8d8ed #cbe3f2 #deedf7 #f1f7fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#cc7135 Analogous#35ccbd Analogous#3544cc Triadic#cc3590 Triadic#90cc35 Split complementary#cc3544 Split complementary#ccbd35

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 74, 29, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3590cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 29 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 31 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 #3590cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3590cc; }
.text { color: #3590cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3590cc; }

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 #3590cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3590cc 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 #3590cc 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 #3590cc 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 #3590cc 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.