Deep blue

#465971

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

Deep blue sits in the blue band, deep and muted. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #465971, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#465971

RGB70, 89, 113

HSL213, 23%, 36%

HSV213, 38%, 44%

CMYK38%, 21%, 0%, 56%

Lab37.19, -0.69, -16.0

XYZ9.08, 9.64, 17.0

Decimal4610417

Web safe#336666

Pantone5405 C

Shades of deep blue

#405268 #3a4a5e #354355 #2f3b4b #293442 #232d39 #1d252f #171e26 #12161c #0c0f13

Tints of deep blue

#526884 #5e7797 #6e87a5 #8197b1 #95a6bd #a8b6c9 #bbc6d5 #ced6e1 #e1e6ec #f4f6f8

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#715e46 Analogous#466f71 Analogous#494671 Triadic#714659 Triadic#597146 Split complementary#714946 Split complementary#6f7146

Deep blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 21, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #465971 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 21 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 23 4 62

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.

Deep blue in css

Copy #465971 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #465971; }
.text { color: #465971; }
.border { border: 2px solid #465971; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #465971 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #465971 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #465971 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #465971 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 blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #465971 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.