Deep blue

#465a6f

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

This is Deep blue, a muted blue at 211 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #465a6f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#465a6f

RGB70, 90, 111

HSL211, 23%, 35%

HSV211, 37%, 44%

CMYK37%, 19%, 0%, 56%

Lab37.41, -1.9, -14.42

XYZ9.05, 9.76, 16.45

Decimal4610671

Web safe#336666

Pantone5405 C

Shades of deep blue

#405366 #3a4b5d #354453 #2f3c4a #293541 #232d38 #1d262e #171e25 #12171c #0c0f13

Tints of deep blue

#526982 #5e7995 #6e89a4 #8298b0 #95a8bc #a8b7c8 #bbc7d4 #ced7e0 #e1e6ec #f4f6f8

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#6f5b46 Analogous#466e6f Analogous#46466f Triadic#6f465a Triadic#5a6f46 Split complementary#6f4746 Split complementary#6e6f46

Deep 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 37, 19, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #465a6f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 19 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 21 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Deep blue in css

Copy #465a6f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #465a6f; }
.text { color: #465a6f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #465a6f; }

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 #465a6f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #465a6f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #465a6f 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #465a6f 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 #465a6f 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.