Steel blue

#4f7fe3

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

Steel blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. 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 #4f7fe3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f7fe3

RGB79, 127, 227

HSL221, 73%, 60%

HSV221, 65%, 89%

CMYK65%, 44%, 0%, 11%

Lab54.44, 15.38, -55.73

XYZ24.68, 22.39, 75.69

Decimal5210083

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of steel blue

#376edf #225dd8 #1f53c1 #1b49a9 #173f91 #133479 #102a62 #0c204a #081632 #040b1a

Tints of steel blue

#5f8be6 #6f96e8 #7fa2eb #8faeed #9fb9f0 #afc5f2 #bfd1f5 #cfdcf7 #e0e8fa #f0f4fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#e3b34f Analogous#4fc9e3 Analogous#694fe3 Triadic#e34f7f Triadic#7fe34f Split complementary#e3694f Split complementary#c9e34f

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 65, 44, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f7fe3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 44 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 44 4 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #4f7fe3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f7fe3; }
.text { color: #4f7fe3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f7fe3; }

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 #4f7fe3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f7fe3 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 #4f7fe3 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 #4f7fe3 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 #4f7fe3 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.