Deep sky blue

#3dbce7

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

Deep sky 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.

Deep sky blue color values

Every conversion for #3dbce7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3dbce7

RGB61, 188, 231

HSL195, 78%, 57%

HSV195, 74%, 91%

CMYK74%, 19%, 0%, 9%

Lab71.37, -20.51, -31.35

XYZ34.33, 42.73, 82.04

Decimal4046055

Web safe#33ccff

Pantone2985 C

Shades of deep sky blue

#26b4e4 #1aa6d5 #1894be #1582a7 #127090 #0f5e78 #0c4c61 #09394a #062732 #03151b

Tints of deep sky blue

#4fc2e9 #61c8eb #72ceee #84d5f0 #96dbf2 #a8e1f4 #bae7f6 #cbedf9 #ddf3fb #effafd

Colors that go with deep sky blue

Complementary#e7683d Analogous#3de7bd Analogous#3d67e7 Triadic#e73dbc Triadic#bce73d Split complementary#e73d67 Split complementary#e7bd3d

Deep sky blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 74, 19, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3dbce7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 19 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 21 4 15

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Deep sky blue in css

Copy #3dbce7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3dbce7; }
.text { color: #3dbce7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3dbce7; }

How deep sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3dbce7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3dbce7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3dbce7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn deep sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3dbce7 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 sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #3dbce7 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.