Steel blue

#2e7ee5

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #2e7ee5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e7ee5

RGB46, 126, 229

HSL214, 78%, 54%

HSV214, 80%, 90%

CMYK80%, 45%, 0%, 10%

Lab53.12, 12.41, -59.02

XYZ22.73, 21.16, 77.01

Decimal3047141

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#1c71df #1966c9 #165bb3 #14509e #114588 #0e3a72 #0b2f5c #092447 #061931 #030e1b

Tints of steel blue

#418ae7 #5596ea #68a2ec #7baeef #8fbaf1 #a2c6f3 #b5d1f6 #c8ddf8 #dce9fb #eff5fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#e5952e Analogous#2edae5 Analogous#392ee5 Triadic#e52e7e Triadic#7ee52e Split complementary#e5392e Split complementary#dae52e

Steel blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 80, 45, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e7ee5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 45 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 45 4 16

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #2e7ee5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e7ee5; }
.text { color: #2e7ee5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e7ee5; }

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 #2e7ee5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e7ee5 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 #2e7ee5 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 #2e7ee5 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 #2e7ee5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.