Steel blue

#3e7fbb

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 grounded. 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 #3e7fbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e7fbb

RGB62, 127, 187

HSL209, 50%, 49%

HSV209, 67%, 73%

CMYK67%, 32%, 0%, 27%

Lab51.6, -1.37, -37.6

XYZ18.55, 19.79, 49.86

Decimal4095931

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#3974ab #33699a #2e5e8a #285279 #234769 #1d3c59 #183148 #122638 #0d1b27 #081017

Tints of steel blue

#4d8bc4 #6097ca #72a3d0 #84afd6 #96bbdc #a9c7e2 #bbd3e8 #cddeee #dfeaf5 #f2f6fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#bb7a3e Analogous#3ebbb8 Analogous#3e41bb Triadic#bb3e7f Triadic#7fbb3e Split complementary#bb3e40 Split complementary#bbb83e

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 67, 32, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e7fbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 32 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 33 4 33

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 #3e7fbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e7fbb; }
.text { color: #3e7fbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e7fbb; }

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 #3e7fbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e7fbb 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 #3e7fbb 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 #3e7fbb 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #3e7fbb is computed, not guessed. 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.