Deep blue

#283a4e

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

Deep blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #283a4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#283a4e

RGB40, 58, 78

HSL212, 32%, 23%

HSV212, 49%, 31%

CMYK49%, 26%, 0%, 69%

Lab23.76, -0.97, -14.46

XYZ3.76, 4.03, 7.79

Decimal2636366

Web safe#333366

Pantone2965 C

Shades of deep blue

#253648 #223142 #1f2d3d #1c2937 #192531 #16202b #131c26 #101820 #0d131a #0a0f14

Tints of deep blue

#354c67 #415f7f #4e7198 #5f84ad #7897ba #90aac6 #a9bdd3 #c2d0e0 #dae3ec #f3f6f9

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#4e3c28 Analogous#284d4e Analogous#29284e Triadic#4e283a Triadic#3a4e28 Split complementary#4e2928 Split complementary#4d4e28

Deep 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 49, 26, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #283a4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 26 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 28 4 75

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.

Deep blue in css

Copy #283a4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #283a4e; }
.text { color: #283a4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #283a4e; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #283a4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #283a4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #283a4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #283a4e 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 deep blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #283a4e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.