Steel blue

#5076b2

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

This is Steel blue, a soft blue at 217 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 #5076b2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5076b2

RGB80, 118, 178

HSL217, 39%, 51%

HSV217, 55%, 70%

CMYK55%, 34%, 0%, 30%

Lab49.35, 4.52, -35.9

XYZ17.82, 17.88, 44.63

Decimal5273266

Web safe#666699

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#486ba3 #416194 #3a5784 #334c74 #2c4264 #253754 #1e2d45 #172335 #101825 #090e15

Tints of steel blue

#6083b9 #718fc0 #819cc7 #91a9cf #a1b6d6 #b2c2dd #c2cfe4 #d2dceb #e2e9f2 #f3f5fa

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#b28c50 Analogous#50a7b2 Analogous#5b50b2 Triadic#b25076 Triadic#76b250 Split complementary#b25b50 Split complementary#a7b250

Steel blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 55, 34, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5076b2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 34 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 35 4 36

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.

Steel blue in css

Copy #5076b2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5076b2; }
.text { color: #5076b2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5076b2; }

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 #5076b2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5076b2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5076b2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5076b2 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 #5076b2 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.