Steel blue

#25719e

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

Steel blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #25719e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#25719e

RGB37, 113, 158

HSL202, 62%, 38%

HSV202, 77%, 62%

CMYK77%, 28%, 0%, 38%

Lab45.18, -7.16, -30.87

XYZ12.84, 14.67, 34.5

Decimal2453918

Web safe#336699

Pantone3015 C

Shades of steel blue

#226791 #1f5e83 #1c5476 #194b69 #15415b #12384e #0f2e41 #0c2533 #091b26 #061219

Tints of steel blue

#2b82b6 #3093ce #48a0d4 #60adda #78b9df #90c6e5 #a8d2eb #c0dff0 #d8ebf6 #f1f7fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#9e5225 Analogous#259e8e Analogous#25359e Triadic#9e2571 Triadic#719e25 Split complementary#9e2534 Split complementary#9e8e25

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 77, 28, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #25719e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

77 28 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

75 30 4 44

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 #25719e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #25719e; }
.text { color: #25719e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #25719e; }

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 #25719e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #25719e 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 #25719e 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 #25719e 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 #25719e 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.