Dark blue

#0800a8

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

Dark blue is a deep blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #0800a8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0800a8

RGB8, 0, 168

HSL243, 100%, 33%

HSV243, 100%, 66%

CMYK95%, 100%, 0%, 34%

Lab19.55, 58.01, -78.55

XYZ7.17, 2.88, 37.22

Decimal524456

Web safe#000099

Pantone2738 C

Shades of dark blue

#07009a #07008d #06007f #050071 #050063 #040056 #030048 #03003a #02002c #01001f

Tints of dark blue

#0a00c8 #0b00e9 #160aff #352bff #544bff #736bff #918cff #b0acff #cfcdff #eeedff

Colors that go with dark blue

Complementary#a0a800 Analogous#004ca8 Analogous#5c00a8 Triadic#a80800 Triadic#00a808 Split complementary#a85c00 Split complementary#4ca800

Dark 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 95, 100, 0, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0800a8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

95 100 0 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

91 96 4 40

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.

Dark blue in css

Copy #0800a8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0800a8; }
.text { color: #0800a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0800a8; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #0800a8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0800a8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #0800a8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #0800a8 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 dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #0800a8 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.