Steel blue

#2f7bc2

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

Steel blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #2f7bc2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f7bc2

RGB47, 123, 194

HSL209, 61%, 47%

HSV209, 76%, 76%

CMYK76%, 37%, 0%, 24%

Lab50.29, 1.35, -43.71

XYZ17.99, 18.67, 53.69

Decimal3111874

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of steel blue

#2b70b1 #2766a0 #235b8f #1f507e #1a456d #163b5c #12304b #0e253b #0a1a2a #061019

Tints of steel blue

#3b88cf #4f94d4 #63a0d9 #77acde #8cb9e3 #a0c5e8 #b4d1ed #c8def2 #dceaf7 #f1f6fc

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#c2762f Analogous#2fc2c0 Analogous#2f31c2 Triadic#c22f7b Triadic#7bc22f Split complementary#c22f31 Split complementary#c2c02f

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 76, 37, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f7bc2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 37 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 38 4 30

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 #2f7bc2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f7bc2; }
.text { color: #2f7bc2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f7bc2; }

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 #2f7bc2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f7bc2 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 #2f7bc2 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 #2f7bc2 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 #2f7bc2 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.