Deep blue

#4c5669

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

Deep blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. 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 #4c5669, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c5669

RGB76, 86, 105

HSL219, 16%, 35%

HSV219, 28%, 41%

CMYK28%, 18%, 0%, 59%

Lab36.39, 0.88, -12.22

XYZ8.86, 9.21, 14.68

Decimal5002857

Web safe#336666

Pantone5405 C

Shades of deep blue

#464f60 #3f4858 #39414f #333946 #2c323d #262b35 #20242c #191d23 #13161a #0d0f12

Tints of deep blue

#59657b #66748d #76839c #8894a9 #9aa4b6 #acb4c3 #bec5d0 #d1d5dd #e3e5ea #f5f6f8

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#695f4c Analogous#4c6569 Analogous#504c69 Triadic#694c56 Triadic#56694c Split complementary#69504c Split complementary#65694c

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 28, 18, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c5669 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 18 0 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 21 4 65

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 #4c5669 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c5669; }
.text { color: #4c5669; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c5669; }

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 #4c5669 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c5669 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 #4c5669 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 #4c5669 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

Here is how the numbers for #4c5669 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.