Steel blue

#609ab7

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 balanced. 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 #609ab7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#609ab7

RGB96, 154, 183

HSL200, 38%, 55%

HSV200, 48%, 72%

CMYK48%, 16%, 0%, 28%

Lab60.8, -10.97, -20.95

XYZ24.93, 29.02, 49.09

Decimal6331063

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone549 C

Shades of steel blue

#4f8faf #47819e #40738d #38657c #30576b #294959 #213b48 #192d37 #111f26 #0a1115

Tints of steel blue

#6fa3be #7dadc4 #8cb6cb #9bbfd2 #a9c9d8 #b8d2df #c7dbe6 #d5e5ec #e4eef3 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#b77d60 Analogous#60b7a9 Analogous#606fb7 Triadic#b7609a Triadic#9ab760 Split complementary#b7606f Split complementary#b7a960

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 48, 16, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #609ab7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 16 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 19 4 34

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 #609ab7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #609ab7; }
.text { color: #609ab7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #609ab7; }

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 #609ab7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #609ab7 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 #609ab7 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 #609ab7 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

Every value on this page for #609ab7 is computed, not guessed. 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.