Steel blue

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #557fbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Shades of steel blue

Tints of steel blue

Colors that go with steel blue

Steel blue in print

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #557fbf on both.

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 #557fbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #557fbf; }
.text { color: #557fbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #557fbf; }

How steel blue looks on light and dark

Steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #557fbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #557fbf 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 #557fbf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

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 #557fbf and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

How we calculate these values