Steel blue

#2a7d9e

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 serious. 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 #2a7d9e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2a7d9e

RGB42, 125, 158

HSL197, 58%, 39%

HSV197, 73%, 62%

CMYK73%, 21%, 0%, 38%

Lab49.04, -13.43, -24.85

XYZ14.46, 17.63, 34.99

Decimal2784670

Web safe#336699

Pantone307 C

Shades of steel blue

#267291 #236883 #1f5d76 #1c5368 #18485b #153d4e #113340 #0e2833 #0a1e26 #061318

Tints of steel blue

#308fb5 #38a1ca #4facd0 #66b7d6 #7dc2dd #95cce3 #acd7e9 #c3e2ef #daedf5 #f1f8fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#9e4b2a Analogous#2a9e85 Analogous#2a439e Triadic#9e2a7d Triadic#7d9e2a Split complementary#9e2a43 Split complementary#9e852a

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 73, 21, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2a7d9e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 21 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 23 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 #2a7d9e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2a7d9e; }
.text { color: #2a7d9e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2a7d9e; }

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 #2a7d9e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2a7d9e 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 #2a7d9e 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 #2a7d9e 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 #2a7d9e 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.