Steel blue

#3776a7

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

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

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #3776a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3776a7

RGB55, 118, 167

HSL206, 50%, 44%

HSV206, 67%, 65%

CMYK67%, 29%, 0%, 35%

Lab47.7, -4.19, -32.16

XYZ15.03, 16.56, 38.96

Decimal3634855

Web safe#336699

Pantone300 C

Shades of steel blue

#326c99 #2e628a #29577c #244d6d #1f435f #1b3951 #162f42 #112534 #0c1a25 #081017

Tints of steel blue

#3e84bb #4f91c5 #639ecc #78abd2 #8cb7d9 #a0c4e0 #b5d1e6 #c9dded #ddeaf4 #f2f7fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#a76837 Analogous#37a7a0 Analogous#373ea7 Triadic#a73776 Triadic#76a737 Split complementary#a7373e Split complementary#a7a037

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 67, 29, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3776a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 29 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 31 4 41

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.

Steel blue in css

Copy #3776a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3776a7; }
.text { color: #3776a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3776a7; }

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 #3776a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3776a7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3776a7 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3776a7 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #3776a7 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.