Steel blue

#4f7ddf

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 221 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #4f7ddf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f7ddf

RGB79, 125, 223

HSL221, 69%, 59%

HSV221, 65%, 87%

CMYK65%, 44%, 0%, 13%

Lab53.66, 15.23, -54.73

XYZ23.88, 21.66, 72.73

Decimal5209567

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of steel blue

#386cdb #265dd2 #2253bb #1e49a4 #1a3e8d #153476 #112a5f #0d2048 #091631 #050b1a

Tints of steel blue

#5f89e2 #6f95e5 #7fa1e8 #8fadeb #9fb8ee #b0c4f1 #c0d0f3 #d0dcf6 #e0e8f9 #f0f4fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#dfb14f Analogous#4fc5df Analogous#694fdf Triadic#df4f7d Triadic#7ddf4f Split complementary#df694f Split complementary#c5df4f

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 65, 44, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f7ddf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 44 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 44 4 19

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 #4f7ddf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f7ddf; }
.text { color: #4f7ddf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f7ddf; }

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 #4f7ddf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f7ddf 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 #4f7ddf 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 #4f7ddf 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 #4f7ddf are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.