Steel blue

#1c8dbf

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

This is Steel blue, a strong blue at 198 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #1c8dbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1c8dbf

RGB28, 141, 191

HSL198, 74%, 43%

HSV198, 85%, 75%

CMYK85%, 26%, 0%, 25%

Lab55.13, -12.17, -34.41

XYZ19.41, 23.06, 52.72

Decimal1871295

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone640 C

Shades of steel blue

#1a81af #17759e #15698e #125c7d #10506d #0e445c #0b384c #092c3c #06202b #04141b

Tints of steel blue

#1f9fd7 #31abe1 #49b5e4 #60bee8 #78c8eb #90d2ef #a8dbf2 #c0e5f6 #d8eff9 #eff9fd

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#bf4e1c Analogous#1cbfa0 Analogous#1c3cbf Triadic#bf1c8d Triadic#8dbf1c Split complementary#bf1c3c Split complementary#bf9f1c

Steel blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 85, 26, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1c8dbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 26 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 28 4 31

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 #1c8dbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1c8dbf; }
.text { color: #1c8dbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1c8dbf; }

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 #1c8dbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1c8dbf 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 #1c8dbf 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 #1c8dbf 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 #1c8dbf are worked out. 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.