Deep sky blue

#41a3cc

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

Deep sky blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. 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 #41a3cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#41a3cc
RGB65, 163, 204
HSL198, 58%, 53%
HSV198, 68%, 80%
CMYK68%, 20%, 0%, 20%
Lab63.08, -15.54, -29.31
XYZ26.18, 31.68, 61.86
Decimal4301772
Web safe#3399cc
Pantone2995 C
Pantone2995 CHex#41a3ccRgb65 163 204Cmyk68 20 0 20Lab63 -16 -29Darker#1b4e63Deep#2a7a9cLighter#7ebcd6

Shades of deep sky blue

Tints of deep sky blue

Colors that go with deep sky blue

Deep sky blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 68, 20, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #41a3cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
68 20 0 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
67 22 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.

Deep sky blue in css

Copy #41a3cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #41a3cc; }
.text { color: #41a3cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #41a3cc; }

How deep sky blue looks on light and dark

Deep sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #41a3cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.86:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.34:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #41a3cc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #41a3cc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep sky 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 deep sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #41a3cc and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from deep sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #41a3cc 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. 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.