Steel blue

#3d7ba3

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

Steel blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. 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 #3d7ba3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3d7ba3

RGB61, 123, 163

HSL204, 46%, 44%

HSV204, 63%, 64%

CMYK63%, 25%, 0%, 36%

Lab49.26, -7.41, -27.39

XYZ15.62, 17.8, 37.26

Decimal4029347

Web safe#336699

Pantone307 C

Shades of steel blue

#387095 #326687 #2d5b79 #28516b #23465d #1d3b4f #183140 #132632 #0e1b24 #081116

Tints of steel blue

#448ab7 #5696c0 #69a2c7 #7daece #90bad6 #a4c7dd #b7d3e4 #cbdfec #deebf3 #f2f7fa

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#a3653d Analogous#3da398 Analogous#3d48a3 Triadic#a33d7b Triadic#7ba33d Split complementary#a33d48 Split complementary#a3983d

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 63, 25, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3d7ba3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 25 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 27 4 42

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 #3d7ba3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3d7ba3; }
.text { color: #3d7ba3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3d7ba3; }

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 #3d7ba3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3d7ba3 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 #3d7ba3 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 #3d7ba3 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

Every value on this page for #3d7ba3 is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.