Deep blue

#2e5e7f

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

Deep blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #2e5e7f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e5e7f

RGB46, 94, 127

HSL204, 47%, 34%

HSV204, 64%, 50%

CMYK64%, 26%, 0%, 50%

Lab38.05, -5.43, -23.37

XYZ8.96, 10.12, 21.56

Decimal3038847

Web safe#336666

Pantone5405 C

Shades of deep blue

#2a5675 #264f6a #234760 #1f3f55 #1b374b #173040 #132836 #10202b #0c1821 #081116

Tints of deep blue

#366f96 #3f81ae #4e91bf #659fc7 #7daed0 #94bdd8 #accbe1 #c3dae9 #dae8f2 #f2f7fa

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#7f4f2e Analogous#2e7f78 Analogous#2e357f Triadic#7f2e5e Triadic#5e7f2e Split complementary#7f2e35 Split complementary#7f782e

Deep 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 64, 26, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e5e7f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 26 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 28 4 56

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.

Deep blue in css

Copy #2e5e7f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e5e7f; }
.text { color: #2e5e7f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e5e7f; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #2e5e7f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e5e7f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2e5e7f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2e5e7f 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 deep blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #2e5e7f are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.