Steel blue

#4e82cc

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 #4e82cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e82cc

RGB78, 130, 204

HSL215, 55%, 55%

HSV215, 62%, 80%

CMYK62%, 36%, 0%, 20%

Lab53.97, 5.52, -43.52

XYZ22.02, 21.94, 60.2

Decimal5145292

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of steel blue

#3a74c6 #3469b4 #2e5da0 #29528d #234779 #1d3b66 #183052 #12253f #0c192b #070e18

Tints of steel blue

#5e8ed1 #6f99d5 #7fa5da #8fb0df #a0bce4 #b0c7e8 #c0d3ed #d1def2 #e1eaf6 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#cc984e Analogous#4ec1cc Analogous#594ecc Triadic#cc4e82 Triadic#82cc4e Split complementary#cc594e Split complementary#c1cc4e

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 62, 36, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e82cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 36 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 37 4 26

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 #4e82cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e82cc; }
.text { color: #4e82cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e82cc; }

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 #4e82cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e82cc 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 #4e82cc 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 #4e82cc 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

Here is how the numbers for #4e82cc are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.