Steel blue

#2d94ce

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

Steel blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. 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 #2d94ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2d94ce

RGB45, 148, 206

HSL202, 64%, 49%

HSV202, 78%, 81%

CMYK78%, 28%, 0%, 19%

Lab58.22, -9.19, -38.02

XYZ22.81, 26.19, 62.25

Decimal2987214

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone2925 C

Shades of steel blue

#2987bc #257aaa #216d98 #1d6086 #195374 #154661 #11394f #0d2c3d #091f2b #051219

Tints of steel blue

#3e9fd5 #52a9d9 #66b2de #7abce2 #8dc6e6 #a1d0eb #b5daef #c9e4f3 #ddeef7 #f0f8fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#ce672d Analogous#2dceb8 Analogous#2d43ce Triadic#ce2d94 Triadic#94ce2d Split complementary#ce2d43 Split complementary#ceb72d

Steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 78, 28, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2d94ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 28 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 30 4 25

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 #2d94ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2d94ce; }
.text { color: #2d94ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2d94ce; }

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 #2d94ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2d94ce 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 #2d94ce 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 #2d94ce 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

The figures for #2d94ce come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.