Steel blue

#4e7ccf

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

This is Steel blue, a strong blue at 219 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #4e7ccf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e7ccf

RGB78, 124, 207

HSL219, 57%, 56%

HSV219, 62%, 81%

CMYK62%, 40%, 0%, 19%

Lab52.44, 10.17, -47.64

XYZ21.61, 20.54, 61.86

Decimal5143759

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of steel blue

#3a6dca #3262b8 #2d57a4 #274d90 #22427c #1c3768 #172d54 #112240 #0c172c #070d18

Tints of steel blue

#5e88d3 #6f94d8 #7fa0dc #8face1 #9fb8e5 #b0c4ea #c0d0ee #d0dcf2 #e1e9f7 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#cfa14e Analogous#4ebdcf Analogous#604ecf Triadic#cf4e7c Triadic#7ccf4e Split complementary#cf604e Split complementary#bdcf4e

Steel 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 62, 40, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e7ccf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 40 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 41 4 25

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.

Steel blue in css

Copy #4e7ccf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e7ccf; }
.text { color: #4e7ccf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e7ccf; }

How steel blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e7ccf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e7ccf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e7ccf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around steel 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 steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4e7ccf 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 steel blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4e7ccf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.